World War II Honoree

Carl Birago

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Florence Birago

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED IN 1943. TRAINED IN ARMED GUARD SCHOOL AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ABOARD VARIOUS NAVY AND VICTORY SHIPS IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED AT LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK IN MARCH 1946.