World War II Honoree

Rocco N. Gedaro

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Portland, Maine

Honored By

Rocky

SERVED WITH 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION, COMPANY C, 357TH REGIMENT. LANDED D-DAY PLUS 2 IN NORMANDY, FRANCE AS A RIFLEMAN. FOUGHT ACROSS FRANCE TO THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, SUFFERING FROZEN FEET, STOPPING THE ADVANCING GERMAN ARMY. SPENT 3 MONTHS IN A HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND. WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO AN ENGINEERING UNIT, UNFIT FOR COMBAT DUTY. WAS ON WAY TO THE PACIFIC BECAUSE THE WAR IN THE EUROPE HAD ENDED. WHILE ON THE WATERS THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC ENDED AND WE CONTINUED ON TO NEW YORK. DISCHARGED WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF POINTS EARNED AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DISCHARGED UNDER THE NUMBERED SYSTEM.