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Contact Info
Home Town Middletown
Last Address Claremont, CA
Date of Passing Nov 20, 2012
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
First Director of FEMA, Founder California Specialized Training Institute. Giuffrida was a Major General in the State Military Reserve of California. He the recipient of the USSR'S Memorial Award, Italy's "Merito della Repubblica Italiana", and Sweden's Sundelin Medal. He also established the nation's first integrated Emergency Management System and served as the designated Chief US Delegate to NATO's Civil Emergency Planning and Civil Defense Committees. "Source Giuffrida's Obituary. He was originally commissioned in the USMC as an infantry officer in 1943 serving in the Pacific Theater as a platoon leader and company commander. He left the USMC to accept an RA commission serving in the 7th Infantry Division during the Korean War. He served after the Korean War in a series of military intelligence and military police positions culminating as the 4th MP AIT Bde Cdr, Ft Gordon, GA.
Description (Northern Solomons Campaign 22 February 1943 to 21 November 1944) After the conquest of Guadalcanal, Halsey’s forces, supported by Thirteenth Air Force, began a campaign to capture Japanese strongholds in the Northern Solomons. In February 1943 American forces landed in the Russell Islands to obtain an air strip. Air bases at Munda (New Georgia) and on Kolombangara Island were attacked as the Allies fought to gain superiority in the air. American troops landed on Rendova and on New Georgia at the end of June. The air base at Munda was taken in August, and the base on Kolombangara was neutralized. Landings were made in the Treasury Islands in October. Allied air power struck the great Japanese naval and air bases at Rabaul on New Britain to support the assault on Bougainville, which began on I November 1943. Enemy garrisons on Bougainville were contained, and other Japanese forces in the Northern Solomons were isolated. Although the enemy continued to resist, American air and naval power dominated the Solomons.
