World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Francis Lawrence Gilligan
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Morris Plains, New Jersey
Honored By
The Gilligan Family
HE SERVED IN OKINAWA FROM MAY TO DECEMBER 1945 AND THEN ON THE LST 720 IN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI. THEY PICKED UP PRISONERS OF WAR AND RETURNED THEM TO JAPAN.