World War II Honoree

Sam Pollock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

National City, California

Honored By

Rosemary Laura Pollock Welsh

Relationship

Daughter

SAM POLLOCK SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. SHIPPED OUT FROM NEW YORK TO ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER, 1944 ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN OCTOBER, 1944 ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT IN NOVEMBER, 1944. SAM POLLOCK PREVENTED TWO GERMAN TANKS FROM ADVANCING ON A TOWN JUST OVER THE BORDER IN GERMANY USING HIS M1 UNTIL IT JAMMED AND THEN USING HAND GRENADES. HE WAS BADLY WOUNDED ON DECEMBER 14, 1944 AND FINALLY OPERATED ON DECEMBER 25, 1944 IN PARIS, FRANCE. MY FATHER, SAM POLLOCK, WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS COURAGEOUS ACTIONS.