World War II Honoree

Salvatore Anthony Conigliaro

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Children

Relationship

Daughter

HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1940 FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND HAD BASIC TRAINING IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. HE WAS FIRST ASSIGNED TO THE USS WASP UNTIL HE WAS REASSIGNED DUE TO OVERLOAD OF PERSONNEL. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE USS LIVERMORE (DD-429), THE FLAGSHIP OF DESTROYER DIVISION 21, IN 1942. THE LIVERMORE HAD MANY TRANSATLANTIC ESCORT MISSIONS, THEN COASTAL AND CONVOY DUTY IN THE CARIBBEAN. SAILED TO FRENCH MOROCCO FOR THE NORTH AFRICAN INVASION AND WAS ASSIGNED ANTI-SUBMARINE AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT DUTIES. IN 1943, HE HAD PATROL DUTY OFF RECIFE, BRAZIL AND FIVE VOYAGES BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CASABLANCA. THE CREW RECEIVED THREE BATTLE STARS FOR THIS. LATE IN 1943, HE WAS SENT TO FIRE CONTROL TECHNICIAN SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THEN REMAINED ON THE USS LIVERMORE. HE ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER, AND EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL WITH BRONZE 'A' AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HE RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN JANUARY 1944.