As previously announced, FMHA will salute the end of World War II with Japan at a ceremony to be held at 11 AM on Sunday, September 2nd. This event will take place at the Fort Miles Museum Artillery Park in front of the Museum’s 16-inch barrel, which was once mounted on the USS Missouri. The photo below pictures sailors, officers and dignitaries standing underneath this barrel as they waited for the surrender ceremony to commence. 

The most accurate statistics available tell us that 800 Delawareans died for their country during World War II. Starting with this ceremony and continuing at seven future ceremonies, 100 names of these brave service men and women will be read and saluted. A list of the names to be read this September follows. 

List of Names to be Read on September 2, 2018 

MOH Recipient 

Army Sergeant William Lloyd Nelson 

Killed in Action at Pearl Harbor 

Navy Gunners Mate First Class Paul Gustavus Gosnell 

Navy Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class George Ames Penuel, Jr. 

Brothers 

Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Richard I. Blackman 

Army Private First Class Robert Blackman 

Marine Sergeant Paul L. Caulk 

Navy Seaman Second Class Charles L. Caulk 

Army Air Force Technical Sergeant Charles K. Goldstein 

Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Gordon M. Goldstein 

Army Staff Sergeant Harold W. Krantz 

Army Air Force Tech Sergeant Howard L. Krantz 

Navy Gunners Mate Third Class Jesse J. Marzie 

Army Air Force Sergeant Louis J. Marzie 

Navy Seaman First Class Adam J. Sobiech 

Marine Sergeant Stephen J. Sobiech 

Army Private First Class Elbert N. Todd, Jr. 

Army Air Force Private Phillip S. Todd 

All Whose Last Name Begins With A or B (not included with Brothers) 

Navy Aviation Cadet Joseph A. Ackerman 

Army Private Adam S. Adamowicz 

Army Private First Class John E. Adams, Jr. 

Army Technician Fifth Grade Loran C. Adams 

Army Private First Class Ralph E. Adams 

Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Chester Adkins 

Army Private First Class Everett W. Adkins 

Army Second Lieutenant Robert G. Allen 

Army Technician Fourth Grade William H. Allen 

Army Private First Class Lewis W. Allison 

Army Private First Class David F. Anderson 

Army Second Lieutenant James R. Anderson 

Army Private First Class John H. Anderson 

Army Private First Class Lawrence J. Anderson 

Army Air Force Private Dick M. Appel 

Army Private Paul A. August 

Army Air Force Staff Sergeant George J. Bacher, Jr. 

Army Private Charles C. Bailey 

Army Technician Fourth Grade Harvey L. Baldwin 

Army Private First Class Roy A. Baldwin 

Army Private First Class Nathan Balick 

Army Air Force Second Lieutenant John H. Banks, III 

Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Charles E. Banning, Jr. 

Navy Seaman First Class Stephen Baran 

Army Private Anthony J. Barbieri 

Army Sergeant Robert L. Barnes 

Army Technician Fifth Grade Ellsworth E. Bartholomew 

Army Private First Class William K. Baynard 

Army Sergeant Philip A. Beaman 

Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Dougal M. Beatson 

Army Private First Class George C. Beebe 

Army Private James H. Bell 

Army Master Sergeant Charles A. Bennett 

Army Private Jerome W. Bennett 

Navy Seaman First Class Ralph H. Bennett 

Army Private First Class Peter A. Bianco 

Army Air Force Private First Class William J. Biesinger, Jr. 

Army Private Raymond W. Birch 

Army Air Force First Lieutenant James W. Bishop 

Army Private First Class Howard T. Black 

Army Private First Class Wilford M. Black 

Army Sergeant William W. Blackburn, Jr. 

Army Staff Sergeant Ray H. Blackwell 

Army Second Lieutenant Arthur M. Blatman 

Army Captain Edgar C. Boggs 

Marine Private First Class Harry S. Bowman 

Navy Gunners Mate Third Class John R. Boyd 

Navy Machinists Mate Second Class Arthur W. Brangs 

Army Air Force Sergeant Clyde H. Breckenridge 

Army Private First Class Walter S. Brinton 

Merchant Marine Messman William E. Brinton 

Army WAAC Alice L. Brittingham 

Army Private Charles M. Brittingham 

Army Private Russell L. Brittingham 

Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard L. Britton 

Army Staff Sergeant Thomas V. Brock 

Army Second Lieutenant Francis L. Brown, Jr, 

Navy Torpedoman First Class George K. Brown 

Army Staff Sergeant Horace C. Brown 

Army Air Force Staff Sergeant John H. Brown 

Navy Ship’s Cook Second Class John J. Brown 

Army Air Force Sergeant Leslie M. Brown 

Army Private Raymond L. Brown 

Army Private First Class Gilbert B. Bryan 

Navy Steward’s Mate First Class John Bryant 

Army Private First Class Frederick W. Bryner III 

Merchant Marine Able Seaman James S. Buckson 

Navy Gunner’s Mate Third Class Peter Budnick 

Army Private John J. Bukowski 

Navy Seaman First Class George H. Bullock, Jr. 

Merchant Marine Able Seaman Robert J. Burger 

Navy Coxswain Allen H. Burke 

Merchant Marine Machinists Mate Second Class Frank C. Burr 

Army Private First Class Frank L. Burton 

Merchant Marine Ship Master Thomas E. Bush 

Army Second Lieutenant John M. Butler 

First Four Whose Last Name Begins With C (not included with Brothers) 

Army Air Force Second Lieutenant James W. Callaway 

Army Captain Robert W. Callaway 

Army Private Francis P. Cannatelli 

Army Air Force Private Elmer L. Cannon