World War II Honoree

Stephen Joseph Baranski

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Jersey City, New Jersey

Honored By

Irene M. Baranski

Relationship

Wife

SERVED 4 YEARS AS MEMBER OF 77TH INFANTRY DIVISION OUT OF NEW YORK. TRAINED EXTENSIVELY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, LOUISIANA AND ARIZONA BEFORE BEING SENT TO GUAM AND THEN THE PHILIPPINES. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLE OF LEYTE OCTOBER 1944. AS INFANTRYMAN, FEET WERE CONSTANTLY WET WHICH LED TO JUNGLE ROT; CONDITION SENT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND ULTIMATELY HOME.