World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Eugene J. Orlandi
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New York, New York
SERVED WITH THE 33RD PURSUIT GROUP, 59TH PURSUIT SQUADRON AND THE 315TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 324TH FIGHTER GROUP. WHEN THE WAR STARTED IN 1941 WAS STATIONED IN MITCHEL FIELD NEW YORK. THEN WAS DEPLOYED TO GLENN L. MARTIN PLANT IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND. SERVED THERE 2 MONTHS AND WAS SENT TO PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ON MAY 27TH FLEW OUT TO PAIN FIELD WASHINGTON WITH A GROUP OF MEN DUE TO AN EXPECTED JAPANESE ATTACK. RETURNED BACK TO PHILADELPHIA ON JUNE 21ST. WAS DEPLOYED TO EUROPEAN THEATRE; TUNISIA AND SICILY TO NAPLES-FOGGIA, ANZIO, ROME, NORTHERN FRANCE, SOUTHERN FRANCE, THE RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE.