Oiva A. Lahti

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Navy

Oiva A. Lahti of Gilbert enlisted with the Naval Reserve on December 11, 1942. at Minneapolis, Minn.

He was a Coxswain in the continental United States and with the Fifth Special Construction Battalion and Construction Battalion Detachment 1058 (Seabees), in the Pacific Theater.

He was honorably discharged on October 30, 1945 at Minneapolis, Minn.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 162.

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