World War II Honoree

Daniel Mungall, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. AT 6’ 7” HE WAS CONSIDERED TOO TALL FOR NAVAL SERVICE BUT HE VOLUNTEERED ANYWAY AND BECAUSE THE NAVY WANTED A YALE MAN AS A GUNNERY OFFICER IT PARED 5” OFF OF HIS RECORD AND ASSIGNED HIM TO THE LIBERTY SHIP USS ELIHU YALE WHOM THE UNIVERSITY IS NAMED AFTER. HE SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE AND LATER BECAME A CAPTAIN.