World War II Honoree

Emanuel G. Moncusky

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mrs. Marjorie M. Moncusky

Relationship

Wife

Stateside, Battery A, 332nd Field Artillery Battalion, 86th Infantry Division 'Black hawk'. Overseas and combat, Company K, 158th Regimental Combat Team. Inducted February 15, 1943. Basic training, Camp Howze, Texas. Combat, January 11, 1945 at Philippine Island, Luzon. Then, Occupation Troop, Utsonamiya, Japan. Discharged December 21, 1945. Medals received: Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Star with cluster, Purple Heart with cluster, Asiatic-Pacific Medal with Arrowhead and three Campaign Stars, World War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Army of Occupation Medal, Japan. Philippine Liberation. From August 1941 to February 1943 worked on the first Liberty Ship, the Patrick Henry.