Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Honored By
Walter Earley
Relationship
Nephew
MAJOR BERNIE CAVANAUGH LED HIS ARMY TROOPS ASHORE AT GUADALCANAL IN LATE 1943 TO ATTACK JAPANESE ROYAL MARINES AND PARTICIPATE IN THE LATER CLEAN UP OF ENEMY FORCES BEFORE BEING WOUNDED IN ACTION.