World War II Honoree

Raymond Joesph Pankowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Greenpoint, New York

Honored By

Mary Pankowski

Relationship

Wife

STATIONED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, GUAM AND OKINAWA. HE STARTED IN CAMP LE JEUNE AND WENT TO NEWFOUNDLAND. IN OKINAWA HE WAS HIT WITH A MORTAR SHELL AND BADLY WOUNDED. HE RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART AND HAD TO STAY IN A HOSPITAL ON TINIAN ISLAND FOR A YEAR BEFORE RETURNING TO THE U.S. AFTER A YEAR HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN CALIFORNIA AND HIS FAMILY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM STATING HE WAS NEAR DEATH. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK WERE HE STAYED 4 YEARS AFTER THE WAR ENDED.