Curtis Christianson

Curtis Christianson served in World War II in the Pacific Theater.

He joined the U.S. Navy on September 15, 1944. Mr. Christianson served aboard the USS Dorchester (APB 46) in the Pacific for twelve months, including an assignment in Sasebo, Japan, shortly after the end of the war. He was discharged on June 15, 1946.

His rank was Ship’s Cook 3rd Class.

Mr. Christianson was born in 1926 in Superior, Wisconsin, the son of Clarence and Esther Christianson. He graduated from high school in 1944.

Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall veteran history form; veteran’s account (below)

“Joined the U.S. Navy in September 1944 and inducted at Great Lakes Naval Station. Was assigned to USS Dorchester (APB 46). The ship was built and launched in Evansville, Indiana. Our ship’s crew sailed the ship down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans and then through the Panama Canal. Our ship served in the Pacific for twelve months. Our ship was in Sasebo, Japan, one week after the Japanese surrender.”

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