Doyle Boothroy

Aerographer’s Mate Third Class (AERM3c)

Born on March 28, 1926, Mr. Boothroy hails from Ocala, Florida. He served aboard the USS Missouri in 1945 as an Aerographer's Mate Third Class (AERM3c), where he took weather observations every half hour as part of Admiral William F. Halsey’s 3rd Fleet Flag Staff. He was selected to join his staff after the admiral steered his fleet through a typhoon.

Like many young men at the time, Mr. Boothroy enlisted in the Navy to avoid being drafted into the Army. He completed boot camp in Meredith, Idaho and trained at military weather school in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

He witnessed the Surrender Ceremony from the Navigation Bridge, just outside of his Meteorology Office, and can be seen leaning out of one of the windows in certain photos.

He currently resides in Bristol, Virginia.