World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Salvador J. Floresca
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Salvador J. Floresca
Saw action and survived the heavy bombardment and shelling of Corregidor December 29, 1941 to May 6, 1942. Prisoner of war May 7, 1942 to August 23, 1943. Saw action from D-day January 9, 1945, the landing of the 6th Army in Lingayen Gulf and in the 4 of the 8 major operations of the U.S. Army Forces in the Philippines from January 14, 1945 to August 20, 1945, the surrender of the Japanese Imperial Armed Forces by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.