World War II Honoree

Norman W. Waldman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friend

COMBAT UNIT WAS COMPANY H, 507TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. JUMPED ON JUNE 6, 1944 INTO NORMANDY, FRANCE AND WAS A MACHINE GUNNER (30 CALIBER AIR-COOLED). ENGAGED THE ENEMY UNTIL WOUNDED BY A GERMAN HAND GRENADE. THEN CAPTURED BY ELEMENTS OF 21ST PANZER GRENADIERS REGIMENT AND TAKEN TO A FIELD HOSPITAL, WHERE SHRAPNEL WAS REMOVED. SPENT 11 1/2 MONTHS AS A POW IN THE DRESDEN AREA. LIBERATED BY UKRAINIAN TROOPS IN HELLENDORF, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. RETURNED TO U.S. AND STATIONED IN FORT BENNING, GEORGIA UNTIL DISCHARGED AS A CORPORAL.