World War II Honoree

Nicholas Palma

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Paterson, New Jersey

Honored By

Ms. Barbara P. Cox

Relationship

Daughter

Parris Island, South Carolina; Cherry Point, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California. Guam and the Invasion of Okinawa. Received Commendation for keeping 7 operating rooms going at once, saving many lives. Sent to China at end of war where he was Commanding Officer of 3rd Amphibious Medical Battalion Hospital. Honorably discharged April 1946.