World War II Honoree

Edward Anthony Pernal

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Southington, Connecticut

Honored By

Edward A. Pernal, Jr.

Relationship

Son

AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ON THE USS TANINGER AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, HIS SHIP WAS SUNK FROM AN AIR ATTACK IN MANILA BAY, PHILIPPINES AND HE WAS CAPTURED WITH THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR. HE SERVED AS A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR FROM MAY 1942 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1945. HE RETIRED FROM THE U.S. NAVY IN 1949 AS A LIEUTENANT. DECEASED 2000.