World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Aloysius A. Furka
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lyndora, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Children
SERVED MAY 13, 1944 TO MAY 22, 1946. U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION; BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND. SERVED ABOARD USS FRENCH (DE-367) AS A RADIOMAN, SECOND-CLASS. SHAKEDOWN CRUISE IN CARIBBEAN; TO BOSTON AND THEN TO PACIFIC THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL. ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO FOR ESCORT DUTY IN PACIFIC. PATROL AND AIR-SEA RESCUE DUTY. BOMBARDED MALAKAL AND ARAKABESAN ISLAND PALAU. RETURNED TO ESCORT DUTY. PARTICIPATED IN SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35). ESCORTED USS PITTSBURGH WHEN IT LOST ITS BOW IN A TYPHOON ON ITS WAY FROM JAPAN TO GUAM. PORTS OF CALL INCLUDED SAN DIEGO, PEARL HARBOR, KOSSOL ROADS, SAIPAN, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA. ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. THE USS FRENCH WAS LAUNCHED IN JUNE 1944 AND PLACED IN RESERVE IN MAY 1946.