World War II Honoree

Dewitt Alexander Pittman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lyons, Georgia

Honored By

Dewitt A. Pittman, II

Relationship

Grandson

SERVED WITH THE 3RD ARMY'S, 7TH ARMORED DIVISION, DURING GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE. SERVED AS A HALF-TRACK DRIVER. RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE. PARTICIPATED IN CENTRAL EUROPE, NORTHERN FRANCE, THE ARDENNES, AND RHINELAND CAMPAIGNS. WHILE IN NORMANDY, HIS UNIT WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE BREAKOUT BY U.S. FORCES THAT RACED ACROSS FRANCE. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRUCIAL DEFENSE OF ST. VITH, AND HIS UNIT WAS SEPARATED BEHIND ENEMY LINES AND FORCED TO REPEL NUMEROUS GERMAN ATTACKS. FOLLOWING THE ARDENNES CAMPAIGN, HIS DIVISION SPEARHEADED THE ATTACK INTO THE GERMAN HOMELAND. WHEN HOSTILITIES WITH GERMANY WERE OVER, WAS IN TRANSIT TO THE U.S. TO BE SHIPPED TO THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS WHEN THE WAR ENDED.