World War II Honoree

Arthur Jerome Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Viborg, South Dakota

Honored By

Julie Schuck & Paul Anderson

Relationship

Grandchildren

ENTERED ARMY RESERVES JULY 5, 1939, 2ND LIEUTENANT. JULY 15, 1940, COMMANDED INFANTRY PLATOON IN THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION UNDER BRIGADIER GENERAL PATTON. NOVEMBER 1942, LANDED IN TUNISIA. APRIL TO MAY 1943, DIVISION UNDER MAJOR GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY COMMAND OF II CORPS. JULY TO AUGUST 1943, IN SICILY UNDER PATTON'S 7TH ARMY AND LIBERATED PALERMO AND MESSINA. NOVEMBER 1943 TO JUNE 9, 1944 IN ENGLAND. JUNE 1944, LANDED IN FRANCE AT OMAHA BEACH. JULY 24, 1944, 12KM NORTH OF ST. LOUIS. AUGUST 27, 1944, 25 MILES EAST OF PARIS. 1944 IN GERMANY, WOUNDED. JULY 1945, PART OF FIRST AMERICAN TROOPS TO OCCUPY BERLIN. RECEIVED COMMENDATION MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, SILVER STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE.