World War II Honoree

Bennie Gerovitz

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Hartford, Connecticut

Honored By

The Gerovitz Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAMPSON, NEW YORK; NAVAL HOSPITAL SAMPSON, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, USS R-2 (SS-79), NAVAL HOSPITAL KEY WEST, FLORIDA; RECEIVING STATION PIER 92 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; RECEIVING STATION NAVAL OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND USS DUTCHESS APR-5. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.