World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Bernard Peter Colgan, Sr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Marie Theresa Colgan Buckno
Relationship
Daughter
HE VOLUNTEERED AFTER BEING REJECTED DUE TO HIS PHYSICAL DISABILITY WITH HIS RIGHT ARM AND HAND. HE GAVE HIS 'BRAIN' POWER AND ON WRITING THE PRESIDENT WAS INTERVIEWED AND THEN SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HE TAUGHT RADAR SCHOOL AS THEY FOUGHT TO PREVENT JAPANESE ATTACK ON DOMESTIC SOIL.