World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Anthony Haberek
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 27 OCTOBER 1941 AT SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. SERVED ABOARD THE USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40), SUPPORTING OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN THE ALEUTIANS (1942-1943), THEN SHORT SEA SERVICE ON SS JAPARA IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (MAY-JUNE 1944). BECAME PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW ABOARD USS DULUTH (CL-87), SERVING FROM SEPTEMBER 1944 TO OCTOBER 1945, FIRST AS A TRAINING CRUISER BASED AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, AND THEN WITH THE 5TH FLEET IN THE PACIFIC. FROM JULY 1945 TO THE END OF THE WAR, WAS PART OF THE CRUISER SCREEN PROTECTING CARRIERS LAUNCHING ATTACKS AGAINST THE JAPANESE MAINLAND. THE DULUTH MOVED INTO TOKYO BAY AS PART OF THE OCCUPATION FORCE UNTIL 1 OCTOBER 1945 WHEN IT SAILED FOR THE UNITED STATES. DISCHARGED ON 4 NOVEMBER 1945 AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.