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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Theodore R. Bartkowiak

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bay City, Michigan

Honored By

Joan Bartkowiak

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Trained at Midshipman School in Chicago, then joined the USS Patterson in November 1944. His boat had sonar and he visited Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Japan. He remembered saving a pilot off the coast of Truk. Celebrated his 22nd Birthday on V-J Day.