World War II Honoree

Howard Earl Nagle

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Joseph, Missouri

DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY IN DECEMBER 1942. BOOT CAMP TRAINING IN CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA. TRANSFERRED TO CAMP BOWIE, TEXAS FOR FURTHER TRAINING BEFORE BEING SENT TO GERMANY. WE WERE ON THE MOVE UNDER GENERAL PATTON ON THE SAAR RIVER. WE WERE ATTACKED BY THE GERMANS DURING THIS EXCURSION. I WAS WOUNDED IN BATTLE NEAR PLATTING, AUSTRIA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF ADOLPH HITLER. THIS WAS IN 1945. I WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO A FIELD HOSPITAL IN GERMANY, AND ON TO AN ENGLISH HOSPITAL. I WAS LATER TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE STATES, HALLORAN GENERAL IN NEW JERSEY. FROM THERE, I WAS SENT TO OKLAHOMA. I WAS HOSPITALIZED THERE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED. I WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART IN 1945 IN THE FIELD HOSPITAL WHILE IN GERMANY.