World War II Honoree

Albertus Joseph Muckensturm

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lancaster, Ohio

Honored By

Benjamin T. Ring

Relationship

Grandson

DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY ON MARCH 6, 1941. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING IN CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA. THEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA FOR FURTHER TRAINING. FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY WAS NEXT FOR A BRIEF TIME UNTIL HE WAS CALLED ON TO ENTER THE EUROPEAN THEATER. HE TOOK THE FIRST TROOP SHIP INTO THE BRITISH ISLES AT BELFAST, IRELAND IN 1942. HE SPENT ONE YEAR IN IRELAND UNTIL HE WAS CALLED UPON TO TRAVEL TO ENGLAND FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. LATER, HE LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE ON JUNE 12, 1944 AFTER THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY. DURING THIS TIME, HE SECURED RATIONS FOR HIS COMPANY DAILY AND TRAVELED TO BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. HE LEFT THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT A YEAR TO THE DAY LATER ON JUNE 12, 1945. HE TRAVELED HOME FROM GERMANY BY WAY OF FRANCE TO VIRGINIA IN JULY OF 1945. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1945.