Post by BereniceUK on Apr 18, 2017 7:40:53 GMT
Major Frank Drake. Died 1943.
1st Lieutenant Leland Peoples, Air Corps Reserve. Died 22nd April 1943.
Major Edward L. Larner, Army Air Force. Killed in action in the South West Pacific on 30th April 1943, aged 25.
Captain Gustave E. Hoffman, 8th Air Corps. Lost in action on 29th May 1944, aged 26.
Staff Sergeant Peter S. Masuoka, 442D. Infantry, U.S. Army. Killed in action at Vosges, France, on 3rd November 1944, aged 23.
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Raynor Rimmer, U.S. Navy. Lost in action while commanding U.S.S. Albacore on 7th November 1944, aged 30.
Lieutenant Charles I. McCaskey junior. Killed in action in Germany on 1st December 1944, aged 33.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Benjamin Leinbach, 24th Field Artillery. Killed in action at Takao Harbor, Formosa, aboard the Japanese prison ship "Enoura Maru" on 9th January 1945, aged 47.
Lieutenant-Colonel William W. Murphey, Field Artillery. Died 31st January 1946, aged 54.
Brigadier General Edmund L. Butts. Died 6th June 1950, aged 81.
Commander Richard Charles Merrick, United States Navy. U.S.S. Princeton. Killed in action in Korea on 18th May 1951, aged 39.
1st Lieutenant Numa Augustin Watson junior, 65th Infantry Regiment. Died of wounds, received in action in Korea, in 1953.
Captain Thomas Henry Mills junior, United States Air Force. Died 18th March 1953, aged 28.
First Lieutenant, Chief Nurse Anne Williamson, U.S. Army. Died 7th April 1955, aged 83.
The American Gold Star Mothers Inc. was formed in the United States shortly after World War I to provide support for mothers who lost sons or daughters in the war. The name came from the custom of families of servicemen hanging a banner called a Service Flag in the window of their homes. The Service Flag had a star for each family member in the United States Armed Forces. Living servicemen were represented by a blue star, and those who had lost their lives were represented by a gold star. (from Wikipedia)
This mural depicts the history of the Presidio.
