World War II Honoree

Nicholas Michael Puniello

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bristol, Rhode Island

Honored By

Nicholas, Michael, Paul

Relationship

Sons

SERVED ABOARD THE USS MURPHY, WHICH WAS HIT BY BRITISH CARGO SHIP AND SPLIT IN TWO. AFTER THE SHIP SANK HE WAS IN THE WATER TEN HOURS UNTIL RESCUED. HE ALSO SERVED ABOARD USS NEW YORK IN THE PACIFIC, WHERE HE TOOK PART IN THE BOMBARDMENTS OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. AT OKINAWA A KAMIKAZE HIT THE SHIP'S CONNING TOWER AND EXPLODED IN THE WATER.