Edward Raczkowski

Edward Raczkowski joined the Navy shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to fight the Japanese. He was proud of his service. Edward was on a ship close to Japan when the atomic bomb was dropped. His crew was not told of the bomb dropping. Sailors were thrown all over some had broken eardrums but Edward was shocked but not harmed. He returned back to the Bronx becoming an electrician, a trade he learned in the service. Edward retiried in Baynton Beach, FL and was the community handyman..