MIAMI (CBS4Miami) – The Florida Panthers and CBS4 honor World War II Veteran Joseph “Mike” Claudio in today’s Heroes Among Us, where we put the spotlight on men or women who have gone beyond the call of duty for our country.
U.S. Navy Seaman First Class Claudio enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17 and became a seaman aboard a ship on guard duty. His ship was in Honolulu and from there they sailed to Okinawa, Japan to safely bring in the Army when they were to invade the Okinawa Island in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa also known as “Operation Iceberg”.