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Arnold
D.
Amoroso
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Korea)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Arnold D. Amoroso (ASN: 0-10777), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps), [then Lieutenant Colonel]

    Action Date:

    February 1941 – April 1942
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 25 (August 2, 1950)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps), [then Lieutenant Colonel] Arnold D. Amoroso (ASN: 0-10777), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from February 1941 to April 1942. (So much of par. 2, sec. VIII, WD General Orders 53, 1946, pertaining to the award of the Bronze Star Medal to Colonel Amoroso, for meritorious service from December 1941 to April 1942, is rescinded.)