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Submitted: 10/26/14 • Approved: 10/26/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R94174-G0-S3
b. March 23, 1923, Manor, Penn.
d. Sept. 20, 2014, Prescott, Ariz.
h/o Gertrude Mary (Hickey) Smeltzer
s/o Harry George & Madelyn Smeltzer
AMM2 US Navy - WW II - Purple Heart
Harry served in the US Navy during World War II on the USS Franklin (CV-13), nicknamed "Big Ben." It was one of the Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars. She was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945, with the loss of over 900 of her crew, becoming the most heavily damaged United States carrier to survive the war.
Harry served on the aircraft catapult crew. He was wounded during a kamikaze attack, and was awarded a Purple Heart.
'Thank you for your service.'
Section D /Row F /Site 384
Photo and some information from Lee Krsiean
Contributed on 10/26/14 by jlbranson78
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