Wendell S. Anderson is a combat veteran of WWII 1943 - 1945...with Mommy's permission, he joined the United States Navy at the age of 17. Wendell (Andy) Anderson was born in Northern Illinois the city of Rockford, Illinois 1925. He went to WAR in 1943 in the U. S. NAVY. Under Physical examination Naval medics found the sailor candidate to be too 'color blind' to serve on a Naval vessel, "You are now a Naval Seabee " The Seabees were the construction battalions for the Navy. We built docks for our ships, airfields for our Naval Flyers, hospitals, roads and camp sites through-out the South...