World War II Honoree

Raphael Francis Garofalo

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Carla G. Hess & Annette Garofalo

Relationship

Daughters

FIRST MATE OF THE MINE PLANTER, HARRISON AT FORT MILL, CORREGIDOR. HE ASSUMED COMMAND, WHEN THE SHIP WAS HIT AND THE COMMANDER WAS KILLED. HE WAS WOUNDED ALSO BUT HAD THE SHIP STRIPPED AND BEACHED. RETURNING TO CORREGIDOR, HE WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE GUN CREW AT THE EAST ENTRANCE OF MALINTA TUNNEL UNTIL SURRENDER. WAS A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR FOR 36 MONTHS AT BILIBID, CABANATUAN THEN TO JAPAN.