World War II Honoree

Herb Norch

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Mary, Barry & Dorothy Norch

Relationship

Wife, Son & Sister

U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD, GUN CREW ON BOARD THE SS THOMAS FITZSIMMONS (LIBERTY SHIP) IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, IRELAND, FRANCE, OMAHA BEACH, ITALY, NAPLES, ANZIO BEACH AND SICILY. ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS: PHILIPPINES AND OKINAWA. HIT BY A KAMIKAZE OFF OF OKINAWA ON MAY 20, 1945 ABOARD THE USS REGISTER APD-92. INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 SURVIVORS. OCCUPATIONAL DUTY IN WAKAYAMA AND NAGOYA, JAPAN. DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. NAVY FOR SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY, PHILADELPHIA NAVAL HOSPITAL IN MAY 1946. A MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, U.S. NAVY, ARMED GUARD, WWII VETERANS, SAMPSON NAVY VETERANS. HONORARY MEMBER OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE ASSOCIATION, BENAVIDEZ-PATTERSON CHAPTER IN EL PASO, TEXAS.