World War II Honoree

Edwin Bettencourt Costa

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Groton, Connecticut

Honored By

The Costa Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (MACHINIST'S MATE) WENTWORTH INSTITUTE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NOROTON HEIGHTS, CONNECTICUT; ARMED GUARD CENTER BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SS HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT, USS APOLLO AS-25, USS TETON AGC-14, BRIGANTINE HOTEL ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY; NAVY YARD NEW YORK, NEW YORK; RECEIVING STATION TERMINAL ISLAND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND RECEIVING STATION BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.