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Phil
Perabo
POW (WWII)

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Tupelo

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Mississippi

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 82 (VF-82)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 13, 1945 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant Phil Perabo (NSN: 0-116348), United States Navy, was captured by Japanese forces after his airplane in Fighting Squadron EIGHTY-TWO (VF-82) was shot down on or about 13 May 1945, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in September 1945.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 326 (May 1944) & 337 (April 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Phil Perabo (NSN: 0-116348), United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action by his strafing attacks on a submarine in the Atlantic during World War II. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Perabo made three attacks before the submarine submerged and then, after it had re-surfaced, he executed two more attacks, which damaged the U-boat’s conning tower and weather decks. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.