World War II Honoree

Arthur Hornsbur Hardy

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New Orleans, Louisiana

Honored By

Gwendolyn Hardy Dugas

Relationship

Niece

APPRENTICE SEAMAN ONBOARD USS POLLUX ENROUTE TO ARGENTIA NAVAL BASE IN NEWFOUNDLAND TO BE ASSIGNED AS A RADIO OPERATOR ON U.S.NAVY VESSELS SAILING WITH NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOYS ON ROUTES TO RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. KILLED IN FEBRUARY 1942; SHIP GROUNDED IN STORM. REMAINS RECOVERED AND BURIED IN ST. LAWRENCE, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA. EXHUMED AND IDENTIFIED IN 1947, RETURNED TO U.S.A. AND BURIED AT THE LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEW YORK