Pivonka, Cyrill "Bud", 2016

File — Box: MS 015-01, Folder: MS015.01.24

Identifier: MS 015- File MS015.01.24

Scope and Contents

Bud was a 2nd Class Petty Officer in the United States Navy during World War II. Born in a small town of 75 people, Timkin, Kansas, he served for nearly three years. He was a part of the Battle of Peleliu, Battle of Luzon, and Battle of Okinawa earning him the Victory Medal, American Theater Ribbon, and the Pacific Theater Ribbon. Bud swept mines in Tokyo Bay before Battleship Missouri arrived to sign the Peace Treaty.

[Courtesy Veterans History Project]