T. F. Honner, MoMM2c

Tom with unknown officer.

L. to r. Raymond C. Johnsten, MoMM1c - Claude Rankey, SoM1c and Tom Honner, MoMM2c

taken in 1944.

Tom off Belfast, Northern Ireland 1944.

Unknown shipmates - Tom Honner is pictured in the upper right.

Unknown shipmates - Tom Honner is pictured second from the left.

William McKinley Honner (left) and Tom Honner the day before Tom entered the Coast Guard.

[Information and photographs have been graciously contributed by Maryjane Stelmach Honner, Tom's daughter.]

[Job description from: "What kind of job can I get in the Navy?" United States Navy Department Pamphlet - circa 1942.]

Thomas F. Honner, MoMM2c

SECTION 3.

SECTION 3. CONTENTS

Proud to be a WWII Veteran medal

Proud to be an American Veteran medal

image of Honorable discharge - Ruptured Duck

photograph of Thomas Francis Honner, MoMM2c(R)

photograph of Tom with unknown officer

photograph of R. Johnsten, Claude Rankey, and Tom Honner 1944

photograph of unknown shipmates - Tom Honner is pictured in the upper right

photograph of unknown shipmates - Tom Honner is pictured second from the left

photograph of Tom off Belfast, Northern Ireland 1944

image of Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class insignia

Place of entry into Savage service: Charleston, SC 30 December, 1943.

Place of separation from Savage service: Charleston, SC 01 January, 1944.

Thomas F. Honner

photograph of William McKinley Honner (left) and Tom Honner the day before Tom entered the Coast Guard

Place of entry into service: Cleveland, Ohio (active) 23 April, 1943.

Place of separation from service: Detroit, Michigan 07 May, 1946.

American Campaign medal

Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign medal

European African Middle Eastern Area Campaign medal (with one battle star)

WWII Victory medal

Medals earned by Thomas F. Honner, MoMM2c during WW II

American Campaign

Qualifying criteria:

service outside the

United States

in the

American theater

for 30 days or

within the continental

United States for 1 year.

Asiatic Pacific Campaign

Qualifying criteria:

service in the

Asiatic - Pacific

theater for 30 days or receipt of any combat decoration.

Qualifying dates:

07 December, 1941 -

02 March, 1946.

Medal was not awarded

until 1947 when General Douglas MacArthur received the first one.

European African Middle Eastern Campaign

(with one battle star)

Qualifying criteria:

service in the

European-African-Middle Eastern theater for 30 days or receipt of any combat decoration.

Qualifying dates:

07 December, 1941 -

08 November, 1945.

Medal was not awarded until 1947 when General Dwight David Eisenhower received the first one.

WWII Victory

Qualifying criteria:

awarded for service in United States Armed Forces between

1941 - 1946.