World War II Honoree

Joseph James O'Boyle

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Olyphant, Pennsylvania

Honored By

William Fischer, Jr.

Relationship

Grateful Citizen

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY ON 10 NOVEMBER 1942 AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM MAY 1945 TO NOVEMBER 1945 ABOARD USS POOLE (DE-151), DEPARTING NEW YORK FOR PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, WHERE THE SHIP CONDUCTING AREA PATROLS. STEAMING BY WAY OF SAIPAN AND HONSHU, USS POOLE PERFORMED POST-WAR OCCUPATION PATROLS OFF WAKAYAMA, JAPAN, BEFORE DEPARTING FOR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, IN LATE OCTOBER 1945. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE DUTY ON 13 MARCH 1946 AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.