World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Byron Hopkins Hirschman
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Grand Island, Nebraska
Honored By
Robert Edward Manning
Relationship
Brother-in-law
SERVED ON NAVY DESTROYER ON THE MURMANSK RUN EARLY IN THE WAR. LATER SERVED ON THE USS ADAMS AND USS STANLY, WHERE, ON THE LATTER, HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN A KAMIKAZE ATTACK DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA.