World War II Honoree

Norman Winiker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

BASIC TRAINING AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS MAY 1943 TO DECEMBER 1943. AVIATION CADET TRAINING AT KNOX COLLEGE, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS JANUARY 1944 TO APRIL 1944. ARMY INFANTRY AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. MEMBER OF COMPANY F, 260TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 65TH INFANTRY DIVISION MAY 1944 TO DECEMBER 1944. BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN (BAR); SHIPPED OVERSEAS JANUARY 3, 1945 ON SS JOHN ERICSSON FROM CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK. ARRIVED AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE AND THEN TO CAMP LUCKY STRIKE. THE 65TH DIVISION RELIEVED THE 26TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN SAARLAUTERN, GERMANY ON HONOREE'S BIRTHDAY MARCH 6, 1945. SAW ACTION IN REGENSBURG, GERMANY AND THE WAR ENDED APRIL 1945 WHILE IN LINZ, AUSTRIA. AFTER WAR ENDED, ASSIGNED TO GUARD DUTY IN CAMP MAUTHAUSEN ON THE DANUBE ABOVE LINZ.