World War II Honoree

Albert O'Hara

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Central Islip, New York

Honored By

Michael McTiernan

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 0f 1942. He became attached to the Naval Hospital at Parris Island, South Carolina and then went to the Naval training School in Norfolk, Virginia. In May he was assigned to the Cruiser, USS Chester. He sailed to Trinidad, then to Panama and through the canal to San Francisco and on to Pearl Harbor and Funafuti. After raiding Tarawa and the Gilbert Islands, his ship sailed north to the Aleutian Islands and then to the South Pacific. He based at Saipan. he participated in the second-sea battle of the Philippine Islands and supported the capture of Iwo Jima. He was transferred to U.S. Naval Receiving Station, Treasure Island, and from there to Pier 92, Transfer Receiving Station, Brooklyn, New York. After transfer from the Armed Guard Center to Lido Beach, New York, he received his discharge on September 20, 1945.