World War II Honoree

Francis Martin Moran

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Tilton, Illinois

Honored By

Barbara L. DeCicca

Relationship

Daughter

JOINED THE COAST GUARD IN NOVEMBER 1940. SERVED ABOARD THE USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON WPG-34 AND USS LST 762. CERTIFIED AS 'A TRUSTY SHELLBACK' IN THE ANCIENT ORDER OF THE DEEP'. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN AND THE ZONE OF INTERIOR. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDALS FOR GERMANY AND JAPAN, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. SEPARATED FROM COAST GUARD AFTER WWII, THEN ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1966.