World War II Honoree

Joseph Paolillo

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

East Haven, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, OFFICE OF NAVAL OFFICER PROCUREMENT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NAVY V-12 UNIT HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAMPSON, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD PHILADELPHIA, ABOARD USS ASTORIA CL-90, RECEIVING STATION TERMINAL ISLAND SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.