World War II Honoree

Carl Wilson Joseph Paul Wells

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greene, New York

Honored By

Elizabeth Wells Forman

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY AND EUROPE IN THE SECOND ARMORED DIVISION UNDER GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON. LANDED ON NORMANDY BEACH ON THE TENTH DAY AFTER D-DAY. SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, IN WHICH HIS SERGEANT WAS KILLED DRAWING FIRE AWAY FROM HIS MEN. MY FATHER WAS THEN PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN CHARGE OF 20 MEN, ALL OF WHOM HE BROUGHT HOME WITH HIM.