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Ellsworth Allen Westgate
From the Obit:
He drove a milk truck for 22 years and later drove a truck for the Douglas County Highway Department for 17 years. He retired in 1987.Mr. Westgate was a Navy veteran of World War II, who served on a LST 470 in the South Pacific.
Mr. Westgate attended Ives Chapel United Methodist Church and was a member of the Lloyd-Beaton Post No. 228, both in Baldwin.
He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.(ALS)which last
Military Experiences
Apr 1943 - Aug 1945
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SERVED ABOARD USS LST 470 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. DRAFTED AUGUST 10, 1943 AND TRAINED AT FARRAGUT, IDAHO. SERVED AROUND NEW GUINEA. WOUNDED, SEPTEMBER 1944 IN NEW GUINEA. DISCHARGED APRIL 6, 1945. PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT
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Retired
Undesignated Seaman
Fought in the Pacific Theater for 12 months aboard LST-470 " LST" stands for Large Slow Moving Target"
Deployments
Eastern New Guinea operation
Asiatic-Pacific
Eastern New Guinea operation
Lae occupation, 4 to 5 and 9 to 11 September 1943
Saidor occupation, 6 to 9, 19 to 19 to 22 and 28 to 39 January 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation
Bismarck Archipelago operation
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 29 December 1943
Admiralty Islands landings, 14 to 18 March 1944
Hollandia operation
Hollandia operation, 21 to 26 April 1944
Western New Guinea operation
Western New Guinea operation
Biak Island operation, 27 to 29 May and 31 May to 4 June 1944
Cape Sansapor operation, 31 July, 6. 8 to 14 August 1944
Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
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