Aviation Metalsmith, Second Class Edward John Dorak

Aviation Metalsmith, Second Class Edward John Dorak US Navy. Born 11 September 1922 in Denver, Colorado. He attended Garden Place and North High School in Denver, and was a railway employee prior to entering service on 8 December 1941, at the age of 19. He trained at San Diego and Terminal Island, California; and served in the Southwest Pacific Area aboard the USS LOUISVILLE (CA-28). Attached to the V Division as a gunner, he took part in the fighting in the Marshalls, Carolines, New Guinea, Marianas, Palaus, and the Philippines, ad also was at Surigao Straits in the Navy’s Second Battle of the Philippines. Honorably discharged on 26 October 1946, Aviation Metalsmith Dorak’s decorations include the American Theater Ribbon, Combat Wings, Asiatic Pacific Theater (PTO) Ribbon with 11 Battle Stars, Philippine Liberation with 2 Stars, Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) with 2 Gold Stars, and World War Two Victory Medal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Dorak of Denver, and the husband of Lorraine Dorak. He is also the brother of Aviation Chief Radioman Theodore Kenneth Dorak 6180637 KIA.

 

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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948