World War II Honoree

Myron DeWitt Worden

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Alton, Kansas

Honored By

Ona Mae Worden

Relationship

Wife

SERVED FROM 1943-1946 AND HAD BASIC TRAINING IN FIELD ARTILLERY AT CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA. HAD CADET PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE IN ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE PROGRAM WAS DROPPED. BACK TO THE ARMY WITH COMPANY H, 385TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AT CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN. WENT OVERSEAS TO ENGLAND IN 1944 WITH THE MORTAR BATTALION. WAS SENT TO COMBAT ZONE NEAR THE END OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, THEN TO LUXEMBOURG AND GERMANY. WAS ON THE FRONT LINE FOR 101 DAYS BEFORE THE EUROPEAN WAR ENDED. WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CHEMICAL MORTAR DIVISION TO TRAIN FOR PACIFIC DUTY. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1946. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.