World War II Honoree

Daniel George Bilak

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Hanover Twp., Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS AND COXSWAIN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ON THE USS LCS-30 AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT VESSEL WHICH PREPARED THE WAY FOR A LARGER AND INVASIONARY FORCE TO FOLLOW. HIS TOUR DUTY TOOK HIM THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PACIFIC INCLUDING HAWAII, CEBU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIA, INTO SHANGHAI, CHINA. RECIPIENT OF THE PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH TWO STARS, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH TWO STARS AND A WRIT OF ACCOMMODATION FROM PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN.