World War II Honoree

James Walter Christensen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mill Valley, California

Honored By

Cynthia C. Raczka

Relationship

Daughter

ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTALION TRAINEE. WENT TO TEXAS TO ENTER INFANTRY TRAINING. WAS SENT FROM CAMP HOWZE TO REPLACE INFANTRY SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. STOPPED IN FORT MEADE, MARYLAND TO GET EQUIPPED AND WAS SHIPPED OUT FROM CAMP KILMER. BOARDED A FRENCH FREIGHTER TO EDINBOROUGH, SCOTLAND AND THE NEXT DAY BOARDED A TROOP TRAIN TO READING, ENGLAND. THE SHIPS SAILED FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE AND FOUND THE REMAINS OF THOSE LOST DURING THE D-DAY INVASION. NEXT, ASSEMBLED INTO TRUCKS TO GO TO THE FRONT LINES. ASSIGNED TO THE 80TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN NANCY, FRANCE. AFTER SEEING BATTLE, WENT TO A FIELD HOSPITAL AROUND NANCY, FRANCE AND FROM THERE WAS FLOWN TO THE ARMY HOSPITAL IN OXFORD, ENGLAND. ASSIGNED TO THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS AFTER RE-COOPERATING. WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING SUPPLIES BY TRAIN TO THE FRONT. DETAILED TO FRANCE WHEN THE WAR ENDED. WORKED ON A TRAIN THAT BROUGHT MILITARY SUPPLIES BACK. SHIPPED OUT TO MARSAILLES, FRANCE WHEN THE DETAIL ENDED. DISCHARGED FROM CAMP MCCOY, THE CLOSEST ARMY BASE TO HOME IN BRICELYN, MINNESOTA.