World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Hugh Joseph Gownley
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Hugh J. Gownley
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE AND THE PHILIPPINES. SERVICE DATES; OCTOBER 1943 THROUGH JUNE 1946. DECK OFFICER ON LST 140 AND LST 32. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLE OF ANZIO AND BATTLE OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. SERVED AS HARBOR PILOT IN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES. AWARDED EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE MEDAL WITH 3 STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.