World War II Honoree

Albert Abe Fidelman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honored By

Jeffrey M. W. Rozman

Relationship

Grandson

ENLISTED OCTOBER 1942. SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC THEATER ABOARD THE USS BEATTY UNTIL SHE WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN TORPEDO. SPENT NEARLY 4 DAYS IN THE WATER BEFORE BEING RESCUED. REASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE USS VULCAN, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. HONORABLE DISCHARGE OCTOBER 1945 WITH THE RANK OF RADIOMAN 3RD CLASS.