World War II Honoree

Joseph Frank Warykas

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norwich, Connecticut

Honored By

The Warykas Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL HOSPITAL NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; RECEIVING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; DESTROYER BASE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA PROJECT BRASS HAT, USS LST 455, USS RIGEL AR-11, NAVY #717 MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, RECEIVING STATION NAVAL OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; NAVY #82 PORT STEPHENS, AUSTRALIA, USS AMYCUS ARL-2, RECEIVING STATION BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; RECEIVING STATION SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; USS MIZAR AF-12, ARMY TRANSPORT COMMAND TOORBUL, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, USS CARTER HALL LSD-3, NAVY #928 MANDANG, NEW GUINEA, USS ACHILLE ARL-41, NAVY #3115 HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA AND NAVAL STATION SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.