World War II Honoree

Daniel Andrew Ragusky

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Kearney, New Jersey

Honored By

Richard, Michael, Elizabeth, Linda, and Philip

Relationship

His Children

STAFF SERGEANT. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE IN THE AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE, NAPLES-FOGGIA AND NORMANDY FROM DECEMBER 1943 TO SEPTEMBER 1944. HE FLEW 23 MISSIONS IN A B-24 BOMBER AS THE BALL-TURRET AERIAL GUNNER. ON THEIR MISSION OVER PLOESTI, RUMANIA HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN, HE WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR AND HELD FOR FOUR MONTHS UNTIL HIS LIBERATION BY THE RUSSIANS.