World War II Honoree

Leon J. Zucks

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

White Plains, New York

Honored By

Guy D. Tressler, Jr.

Relationship

Friend

SERVED 1942-1944 AS AN ARMED GUARD ASSIGNED TO CONVOY DUTY. SERVED ON THE SS MOSES AUSTIN AND THE SS ANDREW TRUNBULL IN AFRICA, SICILY AND ITALY. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON. SERVED 1944-1946 AS BOATSWAIN'S MATE 1ST CLASS. SERVED IN UNDERWATER DEMOLITION SCOUTS AND RAIDERS, NAVY INTELLIGENCE AND GUERILLA WARFARE, SINO-AMERICAN COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION, OPERATING BEHIND JAPANESE LINES REPORTING TROOP MOVEMENTS IN INDIA AND CHINA UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL MILTON E. MILES AND GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK FOR THE INVASION OF INDIA AND CHINA. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 1 BATTLE STAR. ALSO RECEIVED THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON AND MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.