World War II Honoree

Joseph P. Duane

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Charleston, South Carolina

Honored By

Friends & Family

AT THE ADVENT OF WWII HE WAS STATIONED AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. SERVED ON SEVERAL SUBMARINES ON WAR PATROL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND ON THE USS SARATOGA, WHICH SAW ACTION IN IWO JIMA. ONE SUBMARINE PATROL INCLUDED TRANSPORTING MARINES, COLONEL CARLSON'S RAIDERS, INTO MAKIN ISLAND AS A DIVERSION TO THE MARINE LANDING IN GUADALCANAL.