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.