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George Casino U.S. Navy WWII
George Casino U.S. Navy WWII
  
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Date of Birth: 1/11/1908
Died On: 11/1/1986
Street Address: 27 High Street
Service Number: 9080548
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy - USS Missouri - BB 63


Veteran Code: USN-309


BIOGRAPHY
 
George Casino
Witnessed Japanese Surrender

George Casino was born Jan. 11, 1908, to Salvatore and Raffaela DiBuona Casino in Port Chester, where he attended public schools. He was also a parishioner at the Church of Resurrection Roman Catholic Church in Rye. In Rye his family lived at 27 High Street.

In 1927, he married Mary Sarsorito of Rye at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic. Church in Mamaroneck. The couple made their home in Rye at 27 High Street.

After working for the Russell. Burdsall & Ward Bolt and Nut Co. in Port Chester and an arms manufacturer in Bridgeport. Ct, Mr, Casino was drafted into the US. Navy in 1942.

He was assigned to the USS Missouri after basic training as a Seaman 2nd class. George was in all the major campaigns in the Pacific, including the battle of Guam and the battle of Iwo Jima. He was on board the Missouri on Sept 2, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered to Gen. Douglas Mae Arthur in Tokyo Bay ending World War II.

USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. Her quarterdeck was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II.
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After the war. Mr. Casino took a Job as a waiter at the Westchester Country Club In Harrison. He retired about eight years ago. ''He was a firm believer in Rye.'' said Jeanette Gray of Rye. a daughter. ''He used to meet his friends at McCulough's Pharmacy on Purchase Street and they would talk about Rye and current events.''
George was a member of American Legion Post 90 in Mamaroneck. and attended annual reunions of the Association of the Battleship Missouri.

George Casino died Saturday of a heart seizure at United Hospital in Port Chester. He was 78 and had lived in Rye.

In addition to his wife, son George Jr. and daughter, Jeanette Gray . He was survived by a brother. Michael of Banning. Calif, a sister. Florence Jaworski of Port Chester, two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, a brother. Joseph, and a sister. Lillian Pacello. died before him.
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