World War II Honoree

Julius Fred Plassman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wauseon, Ohio

Honored By

Fred C. Plassman

Relationship

Son

SHIPPED OUT ON A LIBERTY SHIP HEADED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1943. THE SHIP, JOINING A LARGE CONVOY OF SHIPS, TRAVELED ALMOST A MONTH ZIGZAGGING IN THE ATLANTIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SAMPLE OF ENEMY ACTION (AIR RAID COMBINED WITH A SUBMARINE RAID) THE CONVOY ARRIVED IN BIZERTE, TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA, ON OCTOBER 9, 1943. OVERSEAS DUTY LASTED TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS WITH A VARIETY OF ASSIGNMENTS AT AIR BASES AND CITIES IN NORTH AFRICA AND , STARTING IN JUNE 1944, IN ITALY. A TWO-DAY-TWO-NIGHT TRAIN TRIP ACROSS NORTH AFRICA IN A SMALL BOX CAR LOADED WITH TROOPS (NO BEDS) WAS MEMORABLE. ATTAINED THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN DECEMBER 1945 ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER ADAPTED FOR TROOP TRANSPORT. DISCHARGED DECEMBER 7, 1945.