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000001440 037__ $$aGENERAL
000001440 245__ $$aStephan/Stephen Thomas Gontkovski.
000001440 260__ $$c1940's
000001440 269__ $$a1940$$b1949
000001440 336__ $$aStill Image
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000001440 520__ $$aScans of a photograph of Stephan/Stephen Thomas Gontkovski; Stephan with soldier in bunker; Stephan with friend in camp; certificate of participation in ceremony of Japanese surrender; discharge certificate, newspaper photo of send-off by Blue Star Mothers and discharge papers from the Civilian Conservation Corps.  

Stephan was born August 12, 1922 in Coral, Pennsylvania.  He was living in Warren, Ohio prior to World War II, and working as a welder at Warren Steel Specialties on Niles Road.  He returned to this job following the war.  He married and divorced and had no children.  In January of 1991 Stephan was killed in a fire that broke out in the boarding house in which he lived in Sandusky, Ohio.  He is buried in the veterans' section of the Perkins Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.

Stephan enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on October 7th, 1942.  At the time of his discharge we held the rank of Corporal with a specialization as cannoneer, rifleman, heavy gun crewman and field artillery crewman.  He saw action in the Pacific Theater, specifically at Northern Solomon Islands (1944), and Okinawa and Ryuku Islands (1945).  Stephan was discharged on January 14, 1946.  He received the Good Conduct Medal.
000001440 533__ $$cJohn Ferris.
000001440 541__ $$fGift of nephew John Ferris.
000001440 650__ $$aGontkovski, Stephen Thomas
000001440 650__ $$aGontkovski, Stephan Thomas
000001440 650__ $$aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Ohio - Trumbull County
000001440 651__ $$aVaried
000001440 655__ $$aPhotographs, newspaper articles, documents
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000001440 980__ $$aTrumbull County Veterans of World War II