World War II Honoree

Marie Connelly Gallicchio

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Herkimer, New York

Honored By

Kathy Cullen and Patti Tohl

Relationship

Daughters

PHARMACIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS, SERVED JULY 1944-JUNE 1946 AT UNITED STATES NAVAL HOSPITAL, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA (MARINE BARRACKS). DUTIES CONSISTED OF ROUTINE LAB WORK, GENERAL WARD DUTY, MAINTAINED STOCKS OF STERILE GOODS AND ASSISTED IN THE OPERATING ROOM WHILE TAKING CARE OF THE COMBAT WOUNDED. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. PRIOR TO HER NAVAL SERVICE, SHE WORKED FOR THE ROME AIR DEPOT IN ROME, NEW YORK; 1942 TO JULY 1944. THE WORK CONSISTED OF VALVE GRINDING AND VALVE SEAT REPLACEMENT ON B-17 AND B-24 BOMBER ENGINES. THAT WORK ENTAILED MANY 16 HOUR WORK DAYS TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR REPLACEMENT ENGINES TO FIGHT THE WAR IN EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC THEATER.