World War II Honoree

Edward Stephen Allenbach

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mobile, Alabama

Honored By

Stephen Allenbach

Relationship

Son

HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE SIGNAL CORPS IN 1942 AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY. HE PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION TORCH, LANDING WITH THE WESTERN TASK FORCE IN NORTH AFRICA IN SUPPORT OF II CORPS IN NOVEMBER 1942. IN JULY 1943, HE LANDED AT THE BEACHES OF GELA, SICILY, AGAIN SUPPORTING HEADQUARTERS II CORPS. HE WAS MEDICALLY EVACUATED IN THE SPRING OF 1944 FROM THE ANZIO, ITALY BEACHHEAD, FOLLOWING A RECURRENCE OF MALARIA. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE SUMMER OF 1944 FOR A LENGTHY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WAS LATER DISCHARGED TO INACTIVE RESERVES.