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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Joseph Paul Paradise

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bernardsville, New Jersey

Honored By

M.J. Lynett

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21 AND SURVIVED ITS SINKING AFTER HAVING BEEN TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN U-BOAT. HE LATER SERVED ON THE USS BLOCK ISLAND II, AFTER IT WAS COMMISSIONED, AND WENT TO THE PACIFIC UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.