World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Patrick Biddiscombe
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dover, New Jersey
Honored By
A Fellow Vet
He served on the cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre in campaigns including at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, helped to aid and rescue crewmen from the stricken carrier USS Bunker Hill, and was present at the wars end in Tokyo Harbor in September of 1945.