World War II Honoree

Charles W. Frame

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cumberland, Maryland

Honored By

Mike, Tom, Kathy, Teresa & Chris Frame

Relationship

Children

VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE MARCH 7, 1940. INITIALLY STATIONED AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY IN THE SIGNAL CORPS IN FIRST AIRCRAFT WARNING COMPANY. ON JULY 27, 1941 HE WAS STATIONED IN ICELAND WITH 556TH SIGNAL AIRCRAFT WARNING BATTALION. ON DECEMBER 28, 1943 HE WENT TO GREENOCK, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM IN A REPLACEMENT DEPOT. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, HE WAS SENT TO ALDERMASTON, ENGLAND AND STATIONED WITH THE 11TH TACTICAL AIR COMMUNICATION SQUADRON. ON JUNE 9, 1944 HE LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH IN NORMANDY, FRANCE WHERE HIS SQUADRON WAS ATTACHED TO THE THIRD ARMY FOR AIR SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS. AWARDED MEDALS FOR BATTLES IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. LEFT EUROPE ON JUNE 18, 1945 AND ARRIVED IN THE U.S. ON JUNE 26, 1945. SENT TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND FOR DEMOBILIZATION. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL.