World War II Honoree

Charles Augustus Bernat

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Jewett City, Connecticut

Honored By

The Bernat Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL BASIC ENGINE, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL DIESEL, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; MINE CRAFT TRAINING CENTER, LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL DIESEL, CLEVELAND, OHIO; USS WAXWING AM-389; AND STAGING AREA, NAVY 128, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.