World War II Honoree

Dominick Oliva

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Flushing, New York

Honored By

Tommy Oliva

Relationship

Son

ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING IN MIAMI. BECAME DRILL INSTRUCTOR. TRAINED TROOPS IN MIAMI AND THEN AT CAMP KEARNS, UTAH. SHIPPED TO ANGEL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA AND THEN OVERSEAS. ASSIGNED TO THE 13TH AIR FORCE AND SENT TO NEW GUINEA THEN GUADALCANAL. SENT TO THE ISLAND OF NOEMFOOR THEN MOROTAI WHERE HE EXPERIENCED CONSTANT BOMBING BY THE JAPANESE DAY AND NIGHT. FROM THERE HE WAS SHIPPED TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND OF LEYTE WHERE THE TROOPS PREPARED FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN. THEY WERE PACKED AND READY FOR ACTION WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED AND THE INVASION WAS CANCELED. SHIPPED BACK HOME ON A LIBERTY SHIP TAKING 25 DAYS TO GET FROM LEYTE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND THEN THREE WEEKS TO GET BACK TO NEW YORK. DISCHARGED JANUARY 20, 1946, AT CAMP UPTON.