Edward Leon SowmanSowmanEdward LeonMOWorld War, 1939-1945NavyVF-3 (Fighter Squadron); USS New Orleans (CA 32); USS Wisconsin (BB 64); Service Forces, United States Pacific Fleet; USS Saratoga; USS LexingtonChief Warrant Officer 4San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Australia; Pacific Theater; Coral Sea; Midway; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Naval Air Station North Island, California; Honolulu, Hawaii; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania; South PacificNoVeteranVeterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.96534/DLC-AFC2022-04-26loc.natlib.afc2001001.96534