Forrest Dalton Obituary – Forrest H. Dalton, Sr., 96, of Eureka, died Sunday, October 31, 2021, at the Avera Eureka Health Care Center, Eureka. Memorial service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 8, 2021, at Reck Funeral Home, Miller, Roger Day, directing. Entombment will follow at St. Ann’s Catholic Cemetery, Miller. The appearance will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the memorial service home.

Forrest was brought into the world at home in Hyde County, South Dakota on April 16, 1925, to Sam Bob Dalton and Dolphy Ada (Parlin) Dalton. He was raised on the family ranch in Hyde County and went to country school through the eighth grade.

Forrest served his country in the military for more than 20 years, beginning with the United States Navy during WWII and at last with the National Guard. At 16 years old, following the assault on Pearl Harbor, he bummed a ride from Highmore, SD to what exactly is presently Naval Station in Great Lakes, Illinois. When he showed up, he was given a waiver structure to sign and was sent home.

He bummed a ride as far as possible back to South Dakota, at last getting the mark he wanted lastly made it back to Great Lakes, eventually turning into a heavy weapons specialist’s mate in the US Navy. He was granted an overall mission bar for seeing activity in the Pacific and Atlantic sea just as the Mediterranean Sea, two stars for the European auditorium arriving at Casablanca, and a third for activity in Bizerte. He was with the armada that broke the German submarine threat in the Atlantic.

Forrest used to recount a wide range of tales about his administration during WWII from his time in the Pacific Theater, South Europe, and North Africa, to the day he almost lost his thumb during a Japanese assault on Guadalcanal.

An extremely pleasing second in his tactical vocation is caught in a photograph of him and his shipmates in the Pacific on the day the Japanese formally gave up to General MacArthur.