World War II Honoree

Ernest Wachtel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New Brunswick, New Jersey

VOLUNTEERED IN MARCH 1943. INDUCTED AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. BASIC TRAINING, COMBAT ENGINEERS, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY; INTELLIGENCE TRAINING, CAMP RITCHIE, MARYLAND. WAITED FOR D-DAY IN ENGLAND ASSIGNED TO G-2, HEADQUARTERS 3RD ARMY, INTERROGATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR TEAM. SERVED AS INTELLIGENCE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER WITH GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR. LANDING AT OMAHA BEACH A FEW DAYS AFTER D-DAY, SERVED THROUGH THE FRENCH AND GERMAN CAMPAIGNS, FINISHING OFF IN BAD TOELZ, GERMANY WITH SCREENING GERMANS. RETURNED TO THE U.S. DECEMBER 20, 1945. DISCHARGED CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY ON DECEMBER 24, 1945.