World War II Honoree

Mario Lorenzo Peretti

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Arnold, Pennsylvania

Honored By

The DiGirolamo & Peretti Families

SERGEANT. BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER WITH THE ARMY AIR CORPS. ALREADY A COLLEGE GRADUATE AT THE TIME OF INDUCTION, HE WAS SELECTED TO SERVE UNDER GENERAL MACARTHUR IN THE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION OF THE ARMY'S GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN BOTH THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN. ALSO ATHLETIC INSTRUCTOR FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF LUZON. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINES LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.