Roger J. Hull
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
Roger J. Hull served in World War II enlisting in the U.S. Navy on November 25, 1942,.
He attended boot camp at U.S. Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho and was sent for advanced training to the Aviation Ordnance School, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma and later to Bombsight School, Naval Training School, Jacksonville, Florida.
Mr. Hull attended Air Gunnery School at Virginia Beach and was assigned to Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) 9-2 and to Bermuda as support for Squadrons 207 and Squadron 215, anti-sub patrol PBM flying boat aircraft.
He was sent to Alameda Air Base and then to Shoemaker Processing Center.
He was discharged at Great Lakes Naval Base on February 27, 1946. Mr. Hull’s rank was originally Aviation Ordnanceman (Bombsight) and later Aviation Fire Controlman 2nd Class.
Mr. Hull was decorated with the: World War II Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, and Good Conduct Medal.
He was born in Shawano, Wisconsin, in 1924, the son of Orvis and Alma Hull.
Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall veteran history form; veteran’s account (below)
“Boot camp at U.S. Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho. Aviation Ordnance School, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma. Bombsight School, Naval Training School, Jacksonville, Florida. Rate change from Aviation Ordnanceman (Bombsight) (AOM) to Aviation Fire Control (AFC).
“Then transferred to Norfolk, Virginia. Attended Air Gunnery School at Virginia Beach. Transferred to Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) 9-2, sent to Bermuda as support for Squadron 207 and Squadron 215, anti-sub patrol PBM flying boat aircraft. Was there fourteen months. Then to California (Alameda Air Base). Then to Shoemaker Processing Center. Discharged at Great Lakes Naval Base.”
