Radioman, Second Class Charles Griffith

Radioman, Second Class Charles Leland Griffith. US Navy. Born 21 June 1926 in Pueblo, Colorado. He attended school in Arkansas City, Kansas, Robinson Jr. High in Wichita, Kansas, high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Centennial High in Pueblo, and was a student prior to entering the service on 28 June 1944 at the age of 18. He received his preliminary training at USNTC, Farragut, Idaho, and served in the Pacific Area aboard the USS CROCKETT (APA-148), Division Radioman Griffith took part in the fighting at Okinawa in June of 1945; in the transporting of troops in the Philippines area; and in transporting of troops to Amori, Japan, for occupational duty. Honorably discharged on 5 March 1946, his decorations include the American Theater Area Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater (PTO) Ribbon, Philippines Liberation Ribbon, and the World War Two Victory Medal. He is the son of William Eugene and Grace Griffith of Pueblo, Colorado, and brother of Aviation Radioman, Second Class John Eugene Griffith KIA.

 

Source:

1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948

2- ‎Information from Craig Griffith