Born: 05/15/1920
Died: 09/02/2012
Branch: Navy
Commendation:
War Served: WW II
Rank: Machinist Mate
Battles: Pearl Harbor; Guadalcanal; Mono Island; Battle of Coral Sea; Battle of the Santa Cruz Island; Battle of Midway
Unit/Ship: USS Dixie (AD-14); USS Whitney (AD-4); USS Monssen; LSM 301
Served In: Newport, RI; Ypsilanti, MI; China; Pearl Harbor, HI; Guadalcanal; Auckland, New Zealand; Mono Island, Solomon Islands; Okinawa; Coral Sea; Santa Cruz; East Solomon Islands; Midway
Citation: Wargo, Joseph F., Veterans History Project Interview, May 2, 2009, by Tom Benemann, Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University.
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