Sarnoski, Joseph R. · Digital Collections

Name: Sarnoski, Joseph R.
Birth Date: January 31, 1915
Death Date: June 16, 1943
Description: Joseph R. Sarnoski. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 31 January 1915 - 16 June 1943. Congressional Medal of Honor, posthumously, for his indomitable defense of his Flying Fortress against twenty enemy fighters at the price of his life, over Buka, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Musician. Aviation enthusiast. Native of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Trained: Denver, Colorado and Langley Field, Virginia. Bangor resident, six months, while at Dow Field. 6884159
Creator: Bangor Public Library; Ranlett, L. Felix (Louis Felix), 1896-
Date: 1947
Subject: Commemorative works; Military casualties; Soldiers--Maine--Bangor; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
Is Part Of: Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945; Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Language: English
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