World War II Honoree

Edward H. Nitsch

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

East Haven, Connecticut

Honored By

Judith Nitsch

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED 3/8/43 AT FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS. WENT TO CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA FOR BASIC MEDICAL TRAINING. IN JUNE SHIPPED TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND FOR FURTHER TRAINING. NEXT WENT TO FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY UNTIL MARCH 1944. FROM CAMP KILMER ON THE AQUITAINIA TO SCOTLAND, THEN WALES, THEN BRISTOL ENGLAND UNTIL JULY 1944. LANDED UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY AND WENT THROUGH NORTHERN FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND WESTERN GERMANY AS A MEDIC IN GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON'S THIRD ARMY. SERVED AS MEDICAL SUPPLY PROCURER AND LITTER BEARER, AND, SINCE I SPOKE GERMAN, SERVED AS TRANSLATOR WITH GERMAN POW. RECEIVED THREE BRONZE BATTLE STARS FOR NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. OUR HOSPITAL UNIT ALSO RECEIVED COMMENDATION. HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON DECEMBER 21, 1945.