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Home Town Born Jamestown NY, raised Celoron, NY
Last Address Celoron, NY
Date of Passing Sep 02, 2010
Location of Interment Sunset Hill Cemetery - Clinton, New York
Other Memories USS Sharidan APA-51 received six battle stars for service during WWII, including: Invasion of Tarawa, Invasion of Kwajalein, Invasion of Saipan, Invasion of Guam, Invasion of Leyte, Invasion of the Philippines, and Invasion of Okinawa. Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan.
Operation Magic Carpet Assigned next to Operation Magic Carpet, and was decommissioned on 5 March 1946, delivered to the Maritime Commission on 7 April 1946, and struck from the Navy List on 12 April 1946.
Edwin L. Danielson was a graduate of the former Celoron High School and was employed as a bookkeeper by the former Chautauqua Plywood Corp. in West Ellicott, NY, until his induction into the U. S. Navy in February 1942. He served in the Navy through March 1946, his first assignment being at the Armed Guard Center in Brooklyn, NY, and his last aboard the U.S.S. Sheridan, APA 51, in the South Pacific and Tokyo Bay at the war's end, attaining the rank of Storekeeper First Class. After being discharged in March 1946, he returned to New York City.
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