World War II Honoree

Thomas Richard 'Tom' Costello

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Atchison, Kansas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY AT AGE 18. RECEIVED OFFICER TRAINING AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN. SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST-1068). HIS SHIP WAS NOT ENGAGED IN ACTIVE COMBAT DURING THE WAR BUT PARTICIPATED IN OCCUPATION DUTY IN THE FAR EAST UNTIL LATE 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.