World War II Honoree

Joseph Leo Durand

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Danbury, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA; NAVAL ADVANCE AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, APPLEDORE; NAVAL ADVANCE AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, FOWEL, CORNWALL, ENGLAND; NAVAL ADVANCE AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, POOLE; NAVAL ADVANCED AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, PORTLAND, WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND; NAVAL ADVANCE REPAIR BASE, NAVY 248, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND; LANDING CRAFT, VEHICLE AND PERSONNEL TASK GROUP, NAVAL ADVANCED REPAIR BASE, VICARAGE, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND; RECEIVING STATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; AND RECEIVING STATION, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.