About Paul D. Henriott

This is my U.S. Navy webpage continued
 My Gunner's Mate years


USS OAKLAND CL/CLAA-95 50th Decommissioning Anniversary And  Memorial Roll Call Honoring Our Deceased Shipmates 3 July 1999



BATTLE STARS AWARDED

Gilbert Islands operation  
Marshall Islands operation  
Bismarck Archipelago operation  
Asiatic-Pacific raids Western  
New Guinea operations  
Marianas operation Western  
Caroline Islands operation  
Leyte operation  
Okinawa Gunto operation  
Third Fleet operations against Japan  

USS OAKLAND CL-95 was present at Tokyo Bay:
The Formal Surrender of the Empire of Japan 
on Board USS Missouri, 2 September 1945



MEDALS AWARDED


Combat Action Ribbon
Army Good Conduct

Navy Good Conduct
with 1 bronze star
China Service

American Theater

Asiatic-Pacific Theater
with 2 silver stars
World War II Victory

Navy Occupation

Army Occupation


National Defence
with 1 bronze star
Philippine Libration
with 2 bronze star


Philippine Presential Unit Citation
Picture taken in January 1945





Born in Louisville, Kentucky to John and Edna Henriott on 26 August 1925.

Home town Rochester, Indiana. Attended Grade and High school in the
Rochester area.

Entered the US Navy on 05 Jan, 1943 at Indianapolis, Indiana. The service  number assigned was USN *******49.

Assigned to Company 39, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois for basic  training. CPO Green was the company commander. Departed March 1943 for  Treasure Island, California.

Assigned to the USS OAKLAND pre-commissioning crew to receive additional  training received medical and dental checkups and any necessary work needed to  make each sailor in tip top shape. Departed 17 July 1943 to the USS Oakland.

Assigned to the First Division, Turret 2 as a Seaman 2C gunner's mate striker.  When we went into comissission, the main battery was called Turrets. I think all  the Turrets had Chief Turret Captains assigned. In Turret 2 we had Chief Turret  Captain George Haines and Turret Captain First Class Joseph Estes. All Turret  Captains left the Oakland some time in March or April of 1944, then the main  battery title was changed from Turrets to Mounts. All of my service in the First  Division was served in Turret 2 and Mount 52, advancing from Gunners Mate  Striker to Mount Captain. Later I was assigned to Fox Division and served in the  armory. Served aboard until March 1948, for total of 4 years and 8 months.

Served in USS Leonard Foster Mason, DD-852, a destroyer, until February
1950, for a total of 1 year and 11 months. My duties in the MASON were Mount  Captain of Mount 51 in the First divison. Traveled to the Far East in both 1948  and 1949, visiting China, Japan, and the Phillippines. In November 1949 while  visiting Shanghai, China, the Chinese Communists took over Shanghai. USS  LEONARD F.MASON anchored at the mouth of the Yangtze river for one
month to keep American shipping out.

Discharged from the U.S. Navy on 06 February 1950. Total period of service in  the US Navy was 7 years and 1 month and highest rate held was Gunners Mate 2  Class.
My favorite march
Music by The U.S. Navy Band





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Last updated 28 June 2008