Frank William Barta

Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Frank Barta worked for the Sperry Gyroscope Co prior to being called into service in 1943. After boot training at Sampson, NY, Frank was sent to the Hospital Corps School at Portsmouth, VA. In February, 1944 he was placed on the Navy transport USS Hermitage, AP 54 out of California. He served in both the Pacific and the Atlantic, reaching Good Enough Island, New Guinea; New Caledonia; Belfast, Ireland; Liverpool, Southampton, Great Britain; Le Harve and Marseille, France; Pearl Harbor; and Nagoya, Japan. He was the recipient of the American Theatre of War award, the Victory Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific medal and the European- African Middle Eastern medal. Frank was discharged in March, 1946 from Lido Beach, NY.