World War II Honoree

Gerard Laurent Gingras

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Groton, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, NAVAL AIR STATION QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND, NAVAL TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ADVANCE BASE DEPOT PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA ACORN 46, RECEIVING STATION NAVY #959 MARPI, SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.