Click on the names of World War II veterans listed below to explore their stories:
John Baker
Rosario Careaga
George Williams
Corley Haggarton
Eulogio “Lefty” Soto
Ivan Cluff
John Turner
Ernie Karkula
Milton Lewis
Billy Nickell
Noel Addy
Gilbert Rosales
Ike Basha
William Cluff
Joe Cross
Virginia Gleason
Ray Haire
Carlos LaPaglia
Raul Navarrete
Forrest Tate
Feliciano Ayala
During World War II Chandler erected a billboard in the Downtown Park which bore the names of every resident of the Chandler District who enlisted in the military during the war. At the top left were the names of women who served. At the top right were the names of those who gave their lives “that we stay free.”
The billboard remained standing in the southeast corner of the park for several years after the conclusion of the War. In the 1950s it was replaced with a memorial plaque. The plaque still stands in the southeast corner of A. J. Chandler Park.
To see the names of all those from the Chandler district who served in World War II click the icon below: