Stanley Joseph Bezek
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
Stanley Joseph Bezek
Mr. Bezek entered the Navy April 1, 1942. Home at entry: Biwabik, Minnesota.
He served as an Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class and an in-flight mechanic on PB-4-Y aircraft in continental U.S. shore stations, in Fleet Air Wing 14, Bombing Squadron 115, and aboard the seaplane tenders USS Floyds Bay (AVP 40) and USS Suison (AVP53). Also served in Okinawa and Nagasaki, Japan.
Honorably discharged December 25, 1945, Minneapois, Minnesota.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 38.
Mr. Bezek served in World War II in the Pacific Theater. He entered the Navy on April 1, 1942.
He was an aviation machinist's mate first class and an in-flight mechanic for PB-4-Y aircraft in continental U.S. shore stations and in Fleet Air Wing 14, Bombing Squadron 115.
He served aboard seaplane tenders U.S.S. Floyds Bay (AVP 40) and USS Suison (AVP 53). He also served on Okinawa and in Nagasaki, Japan. He was discharged on December 25, 1945.
Mr. Bezek was born on May 14, 1919, in Pineville Location, Minnesota, the son of Slovenian immigrants Valentine and Anna (Ursic) Bezek. Mr. Bezek graduated from Biwabik High School (Minnesota) in 1936. Mr. Bezek died on December 4, 2007, in Virginia, Minnesota.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, December 6, 2007
