World War II Honoree

Myron Becker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Louis, Missouri

INDUCTED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS IN ST. LOUIS IN MARCH 1943. BASIC TRAINING AND A SHORT STINT IN TRAINING FOR THE ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT ROLLA SCHOOL OF MINES IN MISSOURI. THAT PROGRAM WAS DISSOLVED, I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE INFANTRY AND SENT TO JOIN THE 80TH INFANTRY DIVISION. SAILED FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON THE QUEEN MARY AND WENT INTO ACTION ON D-DAY PLUS 30. WOUNDED ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL, RETURNED TO THE STATES AND SENT TO WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA FOR SPECIAL TRAINING TO PROCESS RETURNING PRISONERS OF WAR. ASSIGNED TO BIRMINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL IN VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, WHERE I REMAINED UNTIL MY DISCHARGE AS STAFF SERGEANT IN DECEMBER 1945.