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*Salute the Sarge* *Service Record* Enlisted 5 May 1941 and Boot Camp Ft Lewis Tacoma, WA 46th Engineer Construction Battalion Ft Leonard Wood, MO Advanced Training Camp Bowie, TX Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations 26 Feb 1942 to 6 May 1945 Honorable Discharge 11 Aug 1945 Ft Lewis Tacoma, WA *Campaigns and Battles* Papuan, East Indies, New Guinea Aug 1942 to Oct 1944 Southern Philippines, Luzon Oct 1944 to May 1945 *James Russell Wheeler* *"Our Seabee!"* Machinists Mate 2c (T) *USNR 55th NCB*	*Decorations and Citations* *Good Conduct Medal* *American Defense Service Medal* *American Campaign Medal* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 bronze service stars with arrowhead *World War II Victory Medal* Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 2 bronze service stars *Honorable Service Lapel Button WWII* *Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar* *46th Engineer Con Battalion* *46th Engineers Lineage and Honors Information* *Want to find your military service records?* You must be a military veteran, or next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military. (The next of kin can be any of the following: surviving spouse that has not remarried, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother.) *Click >HERE< to Request Copies of Military Records!*
> USS WASHINGTON - BB56 < In the Third Battle of Savo, she fought and won a classic ship to ship duel with the Japanese Battleship Kirishima. The USS Washington was the first U.S. Battleship since 1898 to fight and singly destroy an enemy battleship, and the Washington also sinks the Destroyer Ayanami in the same night battle. She earned 15 Battle Stars and was never hit or lost a man to the enemy.
	A TRIBUTE AND THANK YOU TO OUR AGING VETERANS. DEDICATED TO VETERANS OF WWII & THE VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR WHO HELPED TO PRESERVE THAT VICTORY. A LONG OVERDUE THANK-YOU TO VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
"Salute the Sarge" was last edited - 04/30/2013