World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Edmund B. Finnerty
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Jersey City, New Jersey
Honored By
Sister Patricia Ann Finnerty
SERVED IN ARMY PARATROOPERS. MAIN PARACHUTE DID NOT OPEN, AUXILIARY CHUTE BROKE FALL NEAR THE GROUND. INJURIES WERE 2 BROKEN LEGS, DOUBLE HERNIAS, VEINS IN LEGS BURST, INTERNAL ORGANS WERE PUSHED UP INTO CHEST CAVITY. AFTER HE WAS 'PATCHED-UP', HE WAS SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES NEAR END OF WAR, WHERE HIS WRIST TENDONS WERE SLASHED IN HAND TO HAND FIGHT WITH JAPANESE. AFTER WAR FURTHER SURGERIES TO THE INITIAL INJURY WERE NEEDED.