USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Lillard, Emmett L. †

Email: [email protected]

Service Dates: WWII: On the original Lexington in the Coral Sea.

Rank/Duty Assigned: Not sure what it was technically called, but he told me he worked on the airplanes and directed them as they landed on the carrier.

 

Submitted by Daughter: Ann Block

He went on to serve with the Navy for many years, teaching classes in Glenview, IL about airplane mechanics.