World War II Honoree

Edward Paul Haider

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Paul, Minnesota

Honored By

Jim Haider

Relationship

Son

82ND AIR BORNE, X BATTALION OF THE 505TH. JUMPED IN FIRST WAVE SICILIAN INVASION, JULY 1943. CAPTURED AFTER 4 DAYS OF SKIRMISHING WITH GERMANS, RECEIVED BRONZE STAR. FOUR PURPLE HEARTS. WOUNDED 3 TIMES DURING BATTLE AND ONCE BY GERMAN OFFICER WHEN A PRISONER. ASSIGNED TO STALAG 2B AND SERVED ON WORK FARM NEAR SCHULENBERG (IN OLD PRUSSIA) FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS. LIBERATED MAY 1945.