World War II Honoree

Arnold Edward Higgins

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waterloo, Iowa

Honored By

Kathleen Margaret Smith Higgins

Relationship

Wife

SERVED FROM 1943-1945 AS A RADIO OPERATOR FOR THE 106TH INFANTRY DIVISION, COMBAT ENGINEERS. PARTICIPATED IN THE D-DAY INVASION, LANDING ON OMAHA BEACH IN NORMANDY. HE FOUGHT AT ST. LO AND IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. HE WAS IN RUSSIA WHEN VICTORY IN EUROPE WAS DECLARED AND MADE IT HOME THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE IN 1945.