My dad enlisted in the Army in February 1942. He later volunteered for Airborne training and got his jump wings in August 1942. Shortly thereafter the army created separate branches of the airborne and he joined the 82nd Airborne. He was in A Company, 1st Battalion of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He was in North Africa and jumped in Sicily, Italy (Salerno) and France on D-Day. His records show he had an Arrowhead which meant his unit was one of the first ones in. He was also in the Battle of the Bulge and for all this he was wounded three times (Purple Heart with two clusters). Never got to Germany.
Dad lived down the block from my Mother. He wrote a lot of letters and they got married on August 6, 1945. That was the day they dropped the first atomic bomb. What a sendoff. Dad never talked about his service and died at age 51 of cancer.
My dad entered the service in February 1942 and graduated from Airborne School at Ft Benning in August. He joined the 82nd Airborne and was in A Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He was in North Africa and jumped in Sicily, Italy and D-Day. He was wounded three times and was in the Battle of the Bulge. He was just a private but made it. Home alive in ’45.
My dad enlisted in the Army in February 1942. He later volunteered for Airborne training and got his jump wings in August 1942. Shortly thereafter the army created separate branches of the airborne and he joined the 82nd Airborne. He was in A Company, 1st Battalion of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He was in North Africa and jumped in Sicily, Italy (Salerno) and France on D-Day. His records show he had an Arrowhead which meant his unit was one of the first ones in. He was also in the Battle of the Bulge and for all this he was wounded three times (Purple Heart with two clusters). Never got to Germany.
Dad lived down the block from my Mother. He wrote a lot of letters and they got married on August 6, 1945. That was the day they dropped the first atomic bomb. What a sendoff. Dad never talked about his service and died at age 51 of cancer.