World War II Honoree

John F. Zaffke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dansville, New York

Honored By

Ms. Florence Sprague

Relationship

Sister

He performed duties in the U.S. and Asiatic-Pacific Theatre for twenty months. Identified and intercepted Japanese Military Radio Signals by means of radio receiver. Copied intercepted messages and relayed them for translation and decoding. Enlisted service on December 2, 1942 and honorably discharged on February 10, 1946. Re-enlisted on February 11, 1946 and honorably discharged February 10, 1949. Awarded an American Asiatic-Pacific Medal, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal. He died in Bay of Pines Veterans Hospital, Florida, on December 8, 1970.