The Navy is honoring Private George Alfred Johnson, USMC.
Johnson was a member of the first Raider battalion. He was killed 9 August 1942
during landing operations on
Tulag Island in the
Solomon Islands. The Navy named a
destroyer escort ship after Johnson, according to the Intelligencer Journal On
This Day in 1944. The ship was launched at Bethlehem Steel Company’s yard in
Hingham, MA
on 12 January 1944. His mother, Mrs. Alfred R. Johnson of
140 East Chestnut Street, Coatesville,
was expected to be in attendance.
On
This Day is a prompt I started this month to further explore historical events.
I will make every effort to keep events localized to that of my research or
research I am conducting for others. However, from time to time, it will simply
be a subject that captured my attention.
©
Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
