Seaman 1st Class Abram Mendez served in the US Navy during World War II.  After boot camp he was assigned to Landing Craft School in San Diego, California.   He was then transferred to Waipio Amphibian Operations Base at Pearl Harbor.  S1c Mendez later served on the USS Appalachian AGC 1, an amphibious flagship and the USS LCI(G)-372, a Landing Craft Infantry (Guns).  S1c Mendez served from September 1944 to June 1946. 