World War II Honoree

Angelo Edward Garaffa

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Honored By

Samuel D. Thompson, Ph.D.

Relationship

Assemblyman

SERVED AS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS 252 AND 303. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA, THEN SHIPPED OUT FROM CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY TO BERLIN, GERMANY WHERE HE ARRIVED 3-4 MONTHS AFTER THE WAR ENDED. HE SERVED WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION FOR 10-11 MONTHS, BUILDING AND REPAIRING BRIDGES AND BUILDING A COUPLE OF BASEBALL FIELDS. WAS DISCHARGED FROM FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY HE WAS AWARDED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND MARKSMAN WITH THE M1 RIFLE. HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM JUNE 26, 1945 UNTIL NOVEMBER 1946.