William Gabonay Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1941-1945

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

Company K, 185th Infantry, 40th Division

Location of Service:

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago), Luzon and Panay (Philippines); Los Negros Island (New Guinea)

Highest Rank:

Corporal

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service History Note:

Veteran suffered from Malaria while in service.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Clippings [1 item]

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item]

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [4 items]

Interviewer:

Emmy Huffman

Contributor:

Richard Lugar

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/3508

Subjects:

Gabonay, William
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

William Gabonay Collection
(AFC/2001/001/3508), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress