World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Stanley P. Drake
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kingwood, Texas
Honored By
Stanley P. Drake
MADE INITIAL LANDING IN CASABLANCA, AFRICA. PARTICIPATED IN INVASION OF SICILY AND INVASION OF ITALY AT SALERNO; MOVED UP THROUGH ITALY TO PO VALLEY, INVADED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. AFTER EUROPEAN WAR ENDED, WAS MOVED TO SOUTH AMERICA. WHEN PACIFIC WAR ENDED, WAS DISCHARGED FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY AND WENT BACK TO PHILADELPHIA.