One of Carrabelle native sons has been chosen to honor the US Navy during the Memorial Day Service in Washington DC.
WWII veteran Walter Mallett, born and raised in Carrabelle, was selected to lay a memorial wreath at the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. on Memorial Day.
The wreath laying will occur during the playing of “Taps” at the end of the event.
Mister Mallet was one of the earliest supporters of the Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum in Carrabelle; he has participated in almost all of the reunion parades, twice as the Grand Marshal.
He had a very notable military career in which he earned a silver star, the Navy’s second highest medal given for valor.
He earned the star while serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga when it was attacked by two Japanese Kamikazi’s while off the coast of Formosa.
Even though he was injured, he continued to assist other injured sailors until he was rendered unconscious when the second plane hit the ship.
Mister Mallet spent two years in hospitals recovering from his wounds.
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