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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Ralph Minchello

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bayonne, New Jersey

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, IN GUAM, MINDANAO, OKINAWA, IWO JIMA AND PHILIPPINES FROM JULY 1941 TO OCTOBER 1943. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL, 2 BRONZE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, VICTORY MEDAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. HE SERVED ON THE USS LST 700 WHEN THE SHIP CAME UNDER ATTACK. OF THE 130 MEN ON BOARD, ONLY 30 SURVIVED.