WWII

Edgar Allen Rogers, Sr.

Rate / Rank
S1c SS

Birthdate
October 18 1923

Date of Death
December 27 2004

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
October 16 1942 - December 22 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

Netherlands; East Indies north to Honshu Island, Japan
The Bluefish sank twelve Japanese ships including the Destroyer Sanae.

Significant Duty Stations

Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois; Basic Training Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut
USS Bluefish (SS-222)

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two silver stars, World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Graduated Cairo High School 1941. Was able to board one of Japan's I-400 submarines, (Japan's under the sea aircraft carriers). After the war worked for US Postal Service, Mariana, Florida until he retired. Son of Private James V. Rogers, Sr. US Army and brother of LT James V. Rogers US Army. Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.