World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Stephen John Harbay
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ON 31 OCTOBER 1939. ON 7 DECEMBER 1941 WAS STATIONED AT US NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. SERVED ON USS LYON (AP-71) FROM 14 AUGUST 1942 TO 13 NOVEMBER 1944, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORTING LANDING OPERATIONS AT ALGERIA, MOROCCO, SICILY, SALERNO, AND SOUTHERN FRANCE. SERVED ON USS OSTARA (AKA-33) FROM 25 JANUARY 1945 TO 28 FEBRUARY 1946, DURING WHICH TIME IT CARRIED SUPPLIES TO PEARL HARBOR, ENIWETOK (MARSHALL ISLANDS), SAIPAN (MARIANAS ISLANDS), GUAM, LEYTE, AND LUZON. AFTER VJ DAY, CARRIED SOLDIERS TO YOKOHAMA FOR OCCUPATION, THEN CARRIED U.S. MARINES TO TSINGTAO, CHINA. RETURNING TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, THE SHIP WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND HE WAS REASSIGNED.