Escort – Honor Mission
Event Date
03/30/2021
Event Time11:15 am;
Location
ShopRite
892 Union Mill Rd
Mt Laurel, NJ
Join Warriors Watch and friends for Motorcycle Escort to Brig Gen Doyle Cemetery for service for WWII Navy Veterans Irving Elliott. Meet at Shoprite, 892 Union Mill Rd, Mt Laurel. Rally at 11:15am, KSU 11:45 SNJ 3/30 H/M Irving Elliott (WWII Veteran US. Navy)
Irving Elliott, 97, of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey passed away on February 23, 2021 of natural causes.
Irv was born in Philadelphia, PA to Herman and Pauline Elitsky on November 5, 1923. Irv’s parents died before his high school years ended and he and his brother learned skills, which helped shape their future.
Irv enlisted in the Navy during WWII and served in the Pacific Theater as a gunner in a Naval recon plane.
Branch of Service: Navy
Service Time (when they joined): 1942-45
What do they do in the Service:
Gunner on a Seaplane, a Catalina Patrol Bomber. Known as “The Black Cats”, as they patrolled at night, from sun down to sun up. Patrolled for Japanese submarines and convoys. “Cleared the way” for the 7th Fleet to move in. Carried depth charges or torpedoes. Irv was a “waist gunner” on the side of the plane. He was shot down once, in the China Straits, and they were picked up by US torpedo boats.
Their runs were every three days, in between runs Irv taught classes on how to recognize the Japanese planes vs the US planes. He had studied the Japanese planes; their shapes, firepower, etc. He used slide projectors to teach the others what he knew.
Rank:
Gunner, 1st Class
Awards/Ribbons that you know of:
Presidential Unit Citation / 7th Fleet
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