My Father
On December 19, 1945 Benjamin L. Apodaca
was aboard the USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE 683) was a destroyer escort of the
United States Navy in World War II. With the Battle of the Atlantic
won, the destroyer escort proceeded on 15 May from Norfolk ,
Virginia through the Panama
Canal and into the western Pacific theater. Arriving off Leyte
on 7 July, she spent the remainder of the war escorting ships in the Philippines and to New Guina and Okinawa . After the surrender of Japan in August, Henry R. Kenyon
continued to operate in the Philippines
and off the coast of Japan until
departing Manila for the United States
on 26 November.
Naval
receiving station, San Diego ,
California . He entered his Naval
service on October 4, 1945 and was released with an Honorable Discharged from
the Navy on October 23, 1950. He was appointed Second Class, USNR in the US
Navy and received the World War II Victory medal.
On October
24, 1950 he was conscripted into the U.S.Army 40th Infantry Division and
served a tour of combat duty during the Korean War. My dad was a
Sergeant, and his job title was, specializing in demolition. While clearing an enemy mine field, his
fellow comrade in arms fell wounded. He and another soldier risk their
lives by carrying out their wounded friend, while in the midst of enemy
fire. For his act of heroism, he was awarded the United States Bronze
Medal.
Daniel Apodaca
(My Uncle)
Daniel L. Apodaca
Sgt. US Army
Korea
Training @
6th Infantry Division M Company
Feb, 1952 to Apr 1952
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