William Cronin Jr.

Private First Class William Cronin, Jr. was employed as an auto mechanic after graduating from BSHS. In August, 1942, he was called into service with the Army Air Force, beginning his basic training at Miami Beach, FL. He received further training at Williams Field, AZ with the 89th Air Base Squadron, Second Air Division. In August, 1932 William served as an M.P. attached to a Liberator Group, 8th Air Corp, 44th Bomb Group, 14th Combat Wing in London. He served for 2 years, 6 months in Europe, earning three Battle Stars, the European-African- Middle Eastern Theater Victory Medal, the American Defense Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. William was honorably discharged in December, 1945 from Fort Dix, NJ.