World War II Honoree

Joseph Paul Oscar Cyr

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Honored By

Daughter

MY FATHER WAS IN ACTIVE DUTY IN WWII AND WAS STATIONED IN JAPAN AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. HE WAS ABOARD THE SHIP THAT WOULD HAVE DOCKED AND INVADED JAPAN AFTER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI HAD THE JAPANESE NOT SURRENDERED. HE SPENT 18 MONTHS AS A PRISON GUARD AT THE PRISON THAT HOUSED HIROHITO.