World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Zigmund Adam Waleski
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Avoca, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 27 APRIL 1943 AT DUPONT, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 16 SEPTEMBER 1943 TO 10 OCTOBER 1945 ABOARD USS CARD (CVE-11) IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC HUNTING GERMAN U-BOATS, WITH THE TASK FORCE BECOMING THE FIRST TO EARN A PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR SUCH ACTION. CONDUCTED TRANSPORT DUTY FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO CASABLANCA IN SPRING 1944, THEN CONDUCTED ANTI-SUBMARINE OPERATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC BEFORE MORE TRANSPORT DUTY, THIS TIME TO LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. THE SHIP TRANSITED THE PANAMA CANAL CARRYING MATERIEL TO PEARL HARBOR AND GUAM DURING THE SUMMER OF 1945, THEN RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO IN MID-AUGUST 1945. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 20 OCTOBER 1945 AT USN SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.