World War II Honoree

Michael Robert Gizicki

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Manhattan, New York

Honored By

The Gurzick & Grosz Families

JOINED THE NEW YORK STATE NATIONAL GUARD; FEDERALIZED ON JANUARY 13, 1941. JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY. SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES DECEMBER 5, 1941. ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 RECEIVED WORD THAT PEARL HARBOR HAD BEEN BOMBED. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND STATIONED IN OAHU, HAWAII. WORKED WITH ARMY COMMUNICATIONS. EARLY IN 1944, RE-ASSIGNED TO AN AMPHIBIOUS OUTFIT INVOLVED IN SHIP TO SHORE COMMUNICATIONS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 38TH SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION AND RECEIVED THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT. SENT TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER IN 1944. LANDED IN FROME, ENGLAND WENT ON TO NORMANDY, FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND FINALLY, HANOVER, GERMANY. IN JULY 1945, RECEIVED WORD THAT HE HAS ENOUGH POINTS TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, NEW JERSEY. AWARDED BRONZE STAR, PACIFIC-AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN HONORS WITH 5 BATTLE STARS, AND ARMY OCCUPATION OF GERMANY MEDAL.