World War II Honoree

Henry J. Aleksiak

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Jersey City, New Jersey

Honored By

Jeanette Aleksiak, Lorraine Foster, Diane Schwarz, Raymond Aleksiak

Relationship

Wife, Daughters & Son

SERVED AS SERGEANT WITH THE 55TH DEPOT REPAIR SQUADRON IN ENGLAND USING HAND TOOLS AND COMPRESSION RIVETERS DOING ALL TYPES OF SHEET METAL WORK ON BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS. REMOVED DAMAGED PORTIONS, REBUILT SECTIONS, RIVETED NEW SKINS AND PATCHED OVER BULLET HOLES. IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY HE WAS AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 1942 TO DECEMBER 21, 1945.