World War II Honoree

Archie Leroy Warnick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fort Worth, Texas

Honored By

Judith Warnick Highsmith

Relationship

Daughter

US ARMY PARATROOPER IN 82ND AIRBORNE - JUMPED AT NORMANDY, CAPTURED AND SERVED AS POW IN TWO DIFFERENT GERMAN POW CAMPS - ESCAPED 3 TIMES (RECAPTURED TWICE), THE LAST DURING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF GERMANY, TRAVELING VIA BLACK SEA TO EGYPT TO CONNECT FIRST WITH BRITISH AND THEN US FORCES AND EVENTUALLY TO RETURN HOME. POSTED TO FT. BENNING, GA ON RETURN UNTIL MUSTERED OUT AT END OF WAR.