World War II Honoree

Jesse E. Headley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Newportville, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Jesse E. Headley

Relationship

Self

WAS SENT TO AFRICA AND THEN TO THE 36TH DIVISION WHEN THE DIVISION INVADED ITALY. HE THEN WENT THROUGH NAPLES, FOUGHT UP TO ROME. AFTER ROME THEY PULLED BACK AND PREPARED TO MAKE THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. FOUGHT THROUGH FRANCE UP TO THE GERMAN BORDER. THEN THEY FOUGHT THROUGH GERMANY AND THE BLACK HILLS IN AUSTRIA WHERE THE WAR ENDED. HE FOUGHT FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS.