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Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2006.198R.17 |
Title |
Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Palka, US Navy |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Palka served in the Navy from 1962 until 1968. He is a veteran of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Between these two conflicts he served on aircraft carriers. During the Cuban blockade, Palka was on a Destroyer Escort in the forward gun mount. During the Vietnam War he served on board the USS Forestal and was on board when a fire swept through the flight deck.. Palka also spent a year on River Boats patrolling with the Marines. Among the many decorations Palka earned were two Purple Hearts along with Vietnam service and campaign medals. After his separation from the Navy, Richard Palka went into real estate management. He has lived in Leonia for some 35 years and is Commander of the Leonia American Legion. (original photo held by the Palka Family) |
Date |
circa 1960's |
People |
Palka,Richard |
Subjects |
Military Photographs |
Collection |
Military Reproductions |
Source |
Richard Palka |