A most desirable 'Pacific War' Submariner's confirmed 'Presidential Unit Citation' long service & campaign medal group of 5: Daniel Bodnar, United States Navy late U.S.S. Brill, U.S.S. Bugara & U.S.S. Harder

- United States: Navy Good Conduct Medal with Five Additional Awards Bronze Stars (Daniel Bodnar 1947)
- United States: American Campaign Medal
- United States: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- United States: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with x Campaign Stars
- United States: Second World War Victory Medal

Presidential Unit Citation: The award of the PUC is confirmed as awarded on 27 December 1946 while Daniel Bodnar was serving aboard U.S.S. Brill - an award in respect of his earlier services as a member of the crew of the Submarine USS. Harder 1942-1943, in which he served on the first two war patrols of 'Hit em Harder'

USS Harder (SS-257): A Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II, she received the Presidential Unit Citation. Her commanding officer throughout her service, was the resolute and resourceful Commander Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), "a submariner's submariner", who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, as well as four Navy Crosses during his lifetime

On-line USN Muster Records confirm that Daniel Bodnar, who held the unique service number 2044654 (and a unique enlisted man's name in USN 1941-1945), was a member of the crew of the submarine USS Harder September 1942 to October 1943

First War Patrol: After a short stay at Pearl Harbor, Harder departed on her first war patrol on 7 June 1943. Cruising off the coast of Japan, the submarine worked her way inside a picket line and sighted her first target on 22 June. She made a radar approach on the surface and fired four torpedoes at the two-ship convoy, hitting the seaplane transport Sagara Maru (7,189 BRT) (which was beached to prevent sinking, but later destroyed). She returned to Midway on 7 July

Second War Patrol: Harder began her second war patrol 24 August 1943 from Pearl Harbor, and after touching at Midway Island, she again headed for the Japanese coast. While patrolling off Honshū on 9 September, she attacked and sank Koyo Maru and later that night ran by an escort ship at a range of 1,200 yards (1,100 m) without being detected. Two days later the submarine encountered a convoy. After running ahead to improve her firing position, she sank the cargo ship Yoko Maru with a spread of three torpedoes. Continuing her patrol, Harder sighted two more ships on 13 September but was forced down by enemy planes while firing torpedoes. Escorts then kept the submarine down with a severe depth charge attack that lasted over two days and almost exhausted her batteries. After evading the Japanese ships, Harder detected her next target on 19 September; a torpedo sent Kachisan Maru to the bottom almost immediately. Though running in bad weather, Harder continued to find targets. On 23 September she sank the 4,500-ton freighter Kowa Maru and the 5,800-ton tanker Daishin Maru, off Nagoya Bay. Her torpedoes expended, Harder turned eastward on 28 September. After shooting up two armed trawlers on 29 September, she touched Midway on 4 October and arrived at Pearl Harbor four days later.

Other Submarine Service 1941-1945: Not including the recipients pre-September 1942 service / deployments, and other 'Submarine Base Training' musters, in Freemantle Australia, and United States East & West Coasts, Daniel's subsequent active service postings on the below Submarines in the Pacific War:

- USS Bugara: November 1944 - March 1945
- USS Brill: April 1945 - August 1945

Daniel Bodnar son of John Bodnar (a Dyer) and Sophie - also recorded as Sofia (nee Zaremba), was a native of, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, where he was born on 10 October 1915. US marriage records and 'Census' returns record his parents as born in Poland (Austria Hungary Empire), and native 'Ukranian' language speakers. At the time of his registering for 'The Draft' on, 16 October 1940, Daniel was living with his family at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where he was employed as a mill worker, with Woonsocket Falls Mills, 15 Main Street, Woonsocket, Providence, R.I.. Daniels notified next-of-kin was his mother, and the family residence was recorded as 38 Fountain Street, Woonsocket, Providence, R.I. The USN muster rolls show that Daniel first enlisted in the United States Navy on 22 April 1942. Daniel Bodnar's death was registered in Dade County, Florida, United States, on 3 June 1979, at the time of his death he had been residing at,
12140 SW 200th St Apt, Miami

The 5 x medals mounted as-worn suspended from a typical United States medal mounting bar, retaining it's clutch-back pin fittings

A rare opportunity to obtain an extremely desirable Pacific War 'Submariner's' group to a confirmed crew member of one of the United States Navy's most famous submarines

Condition: VF

Code: 24444