World War II Honoree

Leonard Arthur Neidinger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Rachel Laughbaum

Relationship

Granddaughter

ASSIGNED TO THE 1ST SIGNAL COMPANY OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION. FIRST COMBAT WAS DURING THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN, LANDING ON OMAHA BEACH (EASY RED SECTOR) ON JUNE 6, 1944. VETERAN OF NUMEROUS CAMPAIGNS ACROSS EUROPE IN ADDITION TO NORMANDY, INCLUDING THE CAMPAIGN FOR NORTHERN FRANCE, THE ARDENNES CAMPAIGN, THE RHINELAND CAMPAIGN AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR CENTRAL EUROPE. HIS WARTIME RECORD INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, AS WELL AS THE CROSSING OF THE RHINE AT BONN, GERMANY. ON MAY 10, 1945, TWO DAYS AFTER THE WAR IN EUROPE WAS DECLARED OVER, HIS UNIT LINKED WITH THE SOVIET RED ARMY IN MARIENBAD, CZECHOSLOVAKIA.