World War II Honoree

Charles Warren Fenderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Saco, Maine

Honored By

Jane Fenderson Cabot

Relationship

daughter

INDUCTED AS DRAFTEE INTO US ARMY IN AUGUST 1943; COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP RUCKER, ALABAMA. SHIPPED TO ENGLAND IN MARCH 1944 WITH 87TH CHEMICAL BATTALION AS PART OF FOURTH ARMY INVASION FORCE. BILLETED AT HOME OF GEORGE AND ELLEN FROST IN TIVERTON, DEVON. PARTICIPATED IN SLAPTON SANDS EXERCISES IN MAY. LANDED ON UTAH BEACH, H-HOUR +50 MINUTES ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. SAW ACTIVE COMBAT THROUGHOUT NORMANDY CAMPAIGN (INCLUDING BATTLE OF ST. LO) AND BATTLES FOR FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY. WOUNDED IN ACTION IN FALL 1944 AND EVACUATED TO HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND FOR RECUPERATION. REJOINED COMBAT UNIT IN GERMANY IN EARLY 1945 WHERE HE REMAINED THROUGH END OF WAR. SERVED AS A SENIOR NON-COM OBSERVER FOLLOWING US LIBERATION OF NORDHAUSEN LABOR CAMP IN GERMANY. REPATRIATED AND RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN FALL 1945. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, BRONZE ARROWHEAD, FIVE BATTLE STARS AND PRESIDENTIAL CITATION RIBBON.