World War II Honoree

Leonardo M. Quijano

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Philippine Islands

Honored By

Philip E. Quijano, Sr.

Relationship

Son

ON USS MEDUSA ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1941 AT PEARL HARBOR, USS PRESIDENT JACKSON AT GUADALCANAL, BOUGAINVILLE, RENDOVA AND OTHERS UNTIL 1944 WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS MAKIN ISLAND AND WAS AT THE INVASION OF LEYTE GULF, AND LINGAYEN GULF, AND AT THE INVASION OF OKINAWA UNTIL TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE STATES FOR RE-ASSIGNMENT. HE WAS CHIEF STEWARD DURING THE WAR AND ALSO RECEIVED SOME BATTLE RIBBONS ALONG WITH BRONZE STARS AND CAMPAIGN RIBBONS.