World War II Honoree

Richard J. Novotny

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Little Ferry, New Jersey

Honored By

Joyce Edmond

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD THE USS TEXAS BB-35 IN THE ATLANTIC ON CONVOY DUTY, INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA, INVASION OF NORMANDY, INVASION OF IWO JIMA AND THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.