World War II Honoree

Charles Warren Fenderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Saco, Maine

Honored By

Jane Fenderson Cabot

Relationship

Daughter

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