World War II Honoree

Charles S. Nase

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Perkasie, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Judy Greenhalgh

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN JULY 1942 AND WAS A STAFF SERGEANT AND A FORWARD OBSERVER FOR A MORTAR PLATOON IN COMPANY D, 317TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 80TH INFANTRY DIVISION. FOUGHT THROUGHOUT EUROPE INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION IN MACHERON, FRANCE AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR FIVE WEEKS IN ENGLAND. REJOINED THE 80TH DIVISION IN JANUARY 1945 DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WAS WOUNDED AGAIN IN ENZEN, GERMANY. HIS DIVISION MET THE RUSSIANS AT THE EMS RIVER IN AUSTRIA AS THE WAR IN EUROPE ENDED. DURING OCCUPATION DUTY HE WAS IN CHARGE OF SECURITY PATROLS THROUGHOUT THE BAVARIAN ALPS, OFTEN BEING DONE BY SMALL PLANE OR JEEP. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BATTLE STARS FOR NORMANDY, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE; THREE BRONZE STARS, TWO PURPLE HEARTS, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 1945.