World War II Honoree

Joseph P. Pilus

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cornwall, New York

Honored By

Winnie Pilus

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED AT AGE 17. PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR. SERVED ON HEAVY CRUISER; NEW ORLEANS (CA-32) IN CRUISER DIVISION 6. CORAL SEA; MAY 1942. BATTLE OF MIDWAY; JUNE 1942. TASK FORCE RAID ON WAKE ISLAND; OCTOBER 1943. OCCUPATION, MAKIN ISLAND AND GILBERT ISLAND; NOVEMBER 1943. RAID ON KWAJALEIN, WOTJE ISLANDS; DECEMBER 1943. OCCUPIED KWAJALEIN; DECEMBER 1943 TO FEBRUARY 1944. TASK FORCE RAID, MARIANA ISLANDS; FEBRUARY 1944. BOMBARDMENT AT CHI CHI JIMA AS PART OF OPERATION IWO JIMA; FEBRUARY 1944. BOMBARDMENT OF TARAWA, MARSHALL ISLANDS; JUNE 1944. TRANSFERRED TO RADIO, SAN FRANCISCO; NOVEMBER 1944.