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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Matthew F. Ferrigno

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Red Bank, New Jersey

Honored By

Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

SERVED ABOARD NUMEROUS SHIPS AS A CADET MIDSHIPMAN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. RETURNED TO KINGS POINT MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AND GRADUATED IN 1943 WHERE HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE AND THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE. HE THEN SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN THEATERS OF WAR. IN 1944, WHILE SERVING AS AN ENGINEER ON BOARD THE SS ROBERT F. STOCKTON, HE SUFFERED A SERIOUS SPINAL INJURY, LEAVING HIM DISABLED.