World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Roland Edward O'Bomsawin
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Honored By
The O'Bomsawin Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD USS NICHOLSON DD-442 IN ESCORTING CONVOYS THROUGH THE ATLANTIC TO ENGLAND, CASABLANCA, BIZERTE, SALERNO, NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES, PALAU, LEYTE AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 7 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.