World War II Honoree

Frank Ignatius Ocwieja

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Honored By

William Fischer, Jr.

Relationship

Grateful Citizen

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 20 JANUARY 1944 AT SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. SEA SERVICE FROM 15 JUNE 1944 TO JANUARY 1946 AS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW ABOARD USS ADAIR (APA-91), WHICH CARRIED TROOPS AND SUPPLIES IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, SUPPORTING OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE INVASION OF OKINAWA, THEN SUPPORTING TROOP MOVEMENTS FOR POST-WAR OCCUPATION OF KOREA AND CHINA. THE SHIP EARNED TWO BATTLE STARS. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 6 JANUARY 1946 AT USN SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.