[Black leather case with gold lettering “Purple Heart”]
Vincent Boccardo Jr.
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[Bristol High School Diploma for Vincent James Boccardo]
[Citation of Honor for Vincent Boccardo Jr., signed H.H Arnold ]
Back row (left to right): Anthony, Albert, Vincent Sr., Theresea, JoAnne (aka Jenny), Josephine (Josie). Front row (left to right): Vincent Jr. and Helen.
[Framed letter in memory of Vincent Boccardo Jr. signed by John F. Kennedy]
[Original mailing tube with postage and mailing label for FDR certificate and cemetery print]
[Portrait of Albert Boccardo in his Navy uniform]
Albert Boccardo
[Presidential accommodation for Vincent Boccardo Jr., signed by Franklin D Roosevelt]
[Purple Heart certificate awarded to Vincent Boccardo Jr.]
[Purple Heart medal inscribed "Vincent Boccardo Jr."]
[Sicily-Rome American Cemetery & Memorial Nettuno Italy. Hand-tinted schematic with Vinent B. Jr. Cross headstone]
[Signed photograph of Anthony Boccardo, to his mother Thersea Boccardo while at Camp Clayborn]
Anthony Boccardo
[Small sepia-toned photo of Vincent Boccardo Sr., Vincent Boccardo Jr., and 2 unidentified servicemen]
Vincent Boccardo Sr.
American Memorials and Overseas Military Cemeteries- The American Battle Monuments Commission
Bristol High School Yearbook 1941: Les Memoirs
Senior Class Bristol High School Mount Vernon May 8, 1941
[Featuring Helen and Vincent Boccardo Jr.]
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial- The American Battle Monuments Commission