World War II Honoree

Stanley F. Zaloga

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Barbara Blank

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED WITH COMPANY A, 8TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, 20TH ARMORED DIVISION. TRAINED AT CAMP CAMPBELL AND DEPARTED THE U.S. ON FEBRUARY 6, 1945. ARRIVED AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE ON FEBRUARY 18, 1945. TOUR OF DUTY ACROSS FRANCE, GERMANY AND FINALLY TO SALZBURG, AUSTRIA WHEN GERMANY SURRENDERED. WHILE IN GERMANY, ON MAY 4 1945, CAPTURED A GERMAN GENERAL AFTER BEING TOLD OF HIS WHEREABOUTS BY A GERMAN PRISONER. IN JULY, SENT BACK TO LE HAVRE AND DEPARTED FOR THE U.S. ON JULY 27, 1945. UNIT WAS MID-ATLANTIC WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON AND ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL.