USS Alkaid AK-114
US Navy
Pacific
World War II
Warren S. Bradshaw
Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
Inducted September 1943
Discharged 24 December 1945
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Served in Pacific
Bainbridge, Md.
Charleston/Savannah/Jacksonville
USS Alkaid, Christmas 1942
Norfolk, Va.
Bayonne, NJ
Panama
New Haberdees
New Caledonia
Iwo Jima (Feb. 17, 1945)
Okinawa

Mr. Bradshaw performed duties as radar operator in the South Pacific. The Alkaid was transported supplies for the US Navy throughout the South Pacific including 84 ports calls in addition to service with the "Magic Carpet Service" participating directly with two campaigns including Iwo Jima and Okinawa.