World War II Honoree

Emmett Gordon Wiesen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Port Arthur, Texas

Honored By

Jane Wiesen Sharp

Relationship

Daughter

HE WAS DRAFTED IN APRIL 1945. HE WENT THROUGH BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP HOOD, TEXAS AND THEN RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING AT CAMP MAXEY NEAR PARIS, TEXAS. PVT WIESEN LEFT FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA WITH THE 3RD SIGNAL BATTALION SAILING TO YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. FROM THERE, THEY CONTINUED ON TO INCHON, KOREA WHERE HE WAS STATIONED FOR ONE YEAR. IN INCHON, THE 3RD SIGNAL BATTALION BECAME THE 52ND SIGNAL BATTALION. WHILE OVERSEAS, HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL THEN TECHNICAL SERGEANT. EMMETT RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE 31 DECEMBER 1946 FROM CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA. MEDALS AWARDED WERE THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL AND ASIAIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.