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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Bernard Arnold Walsh

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Gardner, Massachusetts

Honored By

Rosemary Walsh

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

NAVAL SERVICE OCTOBER 1939 TO NOVEMBER 1945. ASSIGNED DUTY ON NEUTRALITY PATROL 1940-1941 ABOARD USS RODGERS DD-254. ASSIGNED DUTY ON USS FREMONT AND SERVED AS GUN CAPTAIN ON 1.1 QUAD GUN. ASSIGNED DUTY ON USS YMS IN PACIFIC THEATER, SWEEPING MINES, CLEARING TOKYO BAY AND 1,000 MILES PRIOR TO ARRIVAL OF USS MISSOURI AND SIGNING OF SURRENDER OF JAPANESE. EARNED FIVE BATTLE STARS ON ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON.