World War II Honoree

Joseph P. Conace

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Nyack, New York

Honored By

A Thankful American

HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS FROM DECEMBER 1943 THROUGH FEBRUARY 1946. HE ATTAINED THE RANK OF SERGEANT. HE WAS WOUNDED IN NANCY, FRANCE IN SEPTEMBER 1944, AND WAS THE PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR MEDAL (FRANCE'S HIGHEST HONOR) FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN LIBERATING FRANCE.