World War II Honoree

Henry Victor Bandini

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

St. Louis, Missouri

Honored By

Mary L. Bandini

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED AS AN AIRCRAFT RADIOMAN 2ND CLASS. ASSIGNED TO SQUADRON VC-92 ABOARD THE USS TULAGI BAY CARRIER. HIS DUTY STATIONS PRIOR TO OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT WERE AT FARRAGUAT, IDAHO AND MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. HE FLEW IN A GRUMMAN TBM 'AVENGER' AND HIS PLANE WAS NAMED '88 KEYS' (FOR THE NUMBER OF KEYS ON A PIANO KEYBOARD). SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER FROM 1944 UNTIL THE WAR ENDED WITH JAPAN IN SEPTEMBER 1945.