IN UNIFORM
Glen A. Wonderlick, water tender third class, 2001 28th Street, was on board the Pacific Fleet destroyer Bradford when it dropped anchor in Kagoshima Wan, Kyushu, near the Japanese Naval Airfield of Kanoya, to accept surrender and to occupy the area. Kanaya Airfield was the home port of many of the kamikazzes that caused much damage at Okinawa. The Bradford was on the picket line there.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, November 12, 1945
Glen Alvin Wonderlick
Born: 27 Aug 1924, Council Bluffs, IA
Died: 10 Apr 1987, Orange County, CA
Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, CA
Military (NAVY) Information:
Date of Entry: 24 Jun 1943
Date of Departure from United States: 04 Oct 1943
Date of Return to United States: 03 Apr 1946
Date of Separation: 08 Apr 1946
Source: ancestry.com
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
Source of photo: findagrave
