Glen Eugene Michels was born Nov. 9, 1919 to Gus and Bessie M. Kramer Michels. He died Feb. 25, 1982.
Petty Officer Michels served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the USS Pigeon (ASR-6) which was sunk May 4, 1942 by a dive bomber while her crew was ashore assisting in the defense of Bataan and Corregidor. At least sixteen of her crew died in the Philippine Islands, during transport to POW camps in Japan, or in the camps themselves. Petty Officer Michels became a Japanese POW.
Source: ancestry.com
