Editor’s note: This tribute is one in a series of reader-submitted tributes to World War II-era veterans that will be posted during September.

MASTER SGT. JOHN G. BAKER, USA

Hometown: East Bremerton.

Branch: U.S. Army.

Years of service: March 1, 1941-May 20, 1945.

Highest rank attained: Master sergeant (sergeant major).

Significant duty stations or deployments during the War: Liberation campaigns in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

POST-WAR CAREER: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.