World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Claude E. Hirsch, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cleveland, Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
Relationship
None
ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE. SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 1945 TO DECEMBER 1947 ABOARD THE USS JICAVILLA ATF-104 AS A SIGNALMAN IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND CHINA. PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST ATOM BOMB TEST AT BIKINI ATOLL. RECIPIENT OF THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND WWII VICTORY MEDALS.