Taisto J. Santala

Taisto J. Santala was inducted into the Regular Navy on June 29, 1945 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Home at entry: Angora, Minnesota.

He served as a Storekeeper Third Class in the continetal United States and Pacific Theater.

He was awarded the following: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal.

He was honorably discharged on May 20, 1946 at Great Lakes, Illinois.

Source:  Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 281.

 

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