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Gerald Ford served in the Navy from 1942-46 on the USS Monterey as the ship's athletic officer and one of the ship's gunnery officers.
While on board the Monterey, Ford saw action in the Pacific Theater in the Battle of Makin.
The ship also took part in attacks against Kwajalein and Eniwetok, New Guinea, Saipan, Guam, and Formosa.
He also survived a typhoon in the Pacific that battered the Monterey on December 18, 1944.
By 1945, Ford was promoted to Lieutenant Commander and assigned to Glenview, Illinois, to train new naval officers for sea duty and by February 1946, he was honorably discharged from the US Navy.