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James Whaley

Pacific Theater of Operations; United States Navy – 1943-1963James Whaley

  • Served on the U.S.S. Leonard Wood during the war
  • Participated in eight invasions
  • Was a cook aboard ship
  • Served as a stretcher bearer while on land
  • Stranded on Makin Island after the U.S.S. Liscome Bay was destroyed
  • Saw MacArthur while on Makin Island

 

 

 

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