World War II Honoree

Nicholas John Giordano

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mount Ephriam, New Jersey

Honored By

Alice Klang

Relationship

Daughter

102ND INFANTRY DIVISION (THE OZARKS), 407TH ANTI-TANK COMPANY. ACTIVATED AT CAMP MAXEY, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1942. TRAINED AT CAMP MAXEY, LOUISIANA; MANEUVER AREA AT CAMP SWIFT, TEXAS AND FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. EMBARKED FROM NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1944. FIRST ACTION IN VICINITY OF GEILENKIRCHEN, GERMANY ON OCTOBER 26, 1944. CONTINUOUSLY IN CONTACT WITH ENEMY UNTIL V-E DAY. SPEARHEADED 9TH ARMY CROSSING OF THE ROER RIVER NEAR LINNICH ON FEBRUARY 23, 1945. CAPTURED 86 TOWNS INCLUDING KREFELD BETWEEN THE ROER AND THE RHINE. PURSUED THROUGH MUNSTER AND HANOVER TO THE ELBE RIVER, NORTH OF MAGDEBURG. CAPTURED 145,841 PRISONERS OF WAR DURING COMBAT. OCCUPATION DUTIES IN THE THURINGIA AND BAVANA. INACTIVATED EARLY 1946.