World War II Honoree

Ernest P. Esposito

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Long Island, New York

Honored By

Nicholas S. Frasca

Relationship

Family Friend

PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS. AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE. ENLISTED OCTOBER 1940, ASSIGNED TO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLESHIP USS MARYLAND, BB-46 AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 1941. PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR. WAS SERVING ABOARD THE MARYLAND ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 AND UNDER FIRE WHILE ASSISTING WITH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. SERVED ABOARD THE MARYLAND DURING INVASIONS OF TARAWA AND KWAJALEIN ISLANDS, SOUTH PACIFIC. ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AIR STATION, OLATHE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 1944, AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC. HONORABLY DISCHARGED, OCTOBER 1946.