World War II Honoree

Harold J. Berry, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Jefferson, Massachusetts

Honored By

Harold J. Berry Jr.

Relationship

Self

ENTERED INTO THE NAVY ON NOVEMBER 5, 1943 FROM SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS. AFTER BOOT CAMP WENT TO LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA FOR AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING AND WAS THEN SENT TO SERVE ABOARD THE LST-377. SERVED IN BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATRES OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BATTLE STAR FOR THE NORMANDY INVASION, THE ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. WAS IN IWO JIMA WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. THEY WERE THEN ORDERED TO GO INTO JAPAN. DISCHARGED ON MARCH 29, 1946.