World War II Honoree

Mark Newton Hardy

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Florala, Alabama

Honored By

Major Kenneth Ray Hardy

Relationship

Son

SERVED IN COLONEL ROBERTSON'S COMBAT COMMAND B, 54TH REGIMENT, 10TH ARMORED DIVISION. ENTERED EUROPE IN AUGUST, 1944 AT CHERBOURG, FRANCE AND ASSIGNED TO GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY. AMONG THE FIRST SOLDIERS TO STOP THE GERMAN ADVANCE AT BASTOGNE ON DECEMBER 18, 1944 WHERE HE SUFFERED FROSTBITE AND SHRAPNEL WOUNDS. AWARDED BRONZE STAR FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN GROUND OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS DURING THE RHINELAND CAMPAIGN.