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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Sosimo R. 'Papa' Bergado

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Relationship

A Fellow Veteran

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED FROM 1942 TO 1945, INITIALLY IN DEFENSE OF THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN, AND LATER DURING THE LIBERATION OF THE EMBATTLED PACIFIC THEATER. ASSIGNED TO THE USS LIBRA AKA-19 AS THE CAPTAIN'S STEWARD, AND PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE MAJOR AMPHIBIOUS INVASIONS FROM GUADALCANAL TO IWO JIMA. ALSO PRESENT IN TOKYO BAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1945 DURING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, WHICH ENDED THE WAR.