Kenneth E. Davis
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
Kenneth E. Davis entered the Merchant Marines in April 1944.
He served aboard the Escanaba Victory, White River, Howell Lykes, Big Bend and John Hoyt as an oiler and was assigned to the 3-inch, 50-caliber bow gun and 20 mm guns in the Pacific Theater.
In his words: "Our ship was scheduled to be a reserve, but so many were sunk ahead of us that we were ordered in to unload at White Sands, the beach south of Tacloban, unloading. Spent 50 days unloading. As the Japs started their kamikaze attacks we changed anchorages every night to confuse their observer/photographers. We also had to go out the Samara Straits to ride out a typhoon during those 50 days."
He was separated in May 1946.
