World War II Honoree

William Robert Ferenc

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Greenwich, Connecticut

Honored By

Suzanne Ferenc Strazza

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED ON OCTOBER 13,1942. TRAINED AT THE MISSOURI AVIATION INSTITUTE IN KANSAS CITY AND THE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT FACTORY SCHOOL IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA TO BE AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC. HE THEN SERVED AS A SERGEANT WITH THE 13TH 'JUNGLE' AIR FORCE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ON VARIOUS ISLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA, GUADALCANAL, NEW GUINEA, MIDDLEBURG 'SUICIDE' ISLAND ON THE EQUATOR AND PALAWAN ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE LIVED IN THE JUNGLES FOR 25 MONTHS WITHOUT FURLOUGH. DISCHARGED ON JANUARY 17,1946 WITH A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AVIATION MECHANIC MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL, SHARP SHOOTER MEDAL, PHILIPPINES LIBERATION RIBBON WITH BRONZE SERVICE STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND 5 BATTLE STARS.