World War II Honoree

Harold Jerome Geiger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Unionville, New York

Honored By

David Edwards & Rupert Frazier

Relationship

Friends

ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY ON AUGUST 14, 1942. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. ATTENDED WEATHER SCHOOL AT CHANUTE FIELD IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS; FOLLOWED BY TRAINING AT LOVE FIELD IN DALLAS, TEXAS TO BE A WEATHER FORECASTER. NEXT TO BRADLEY FIELD FOR PARACHUTE AND OVERSEAS TRAINING, PREPARATORY TO BEING DROPPED IN FRANCE. INJURED WHILE IN TRAINING AND SENT TO MAXWELL FIELD IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (1 YEAR FOR RECOVERY). TRAVELED FROM NEW YORK TO GLASGOW, SCOTLAND ON THE QUEEN ELIZABETH. NEXT BOARDED A C-47 FOR ASSIGNMENT IN FRANCE, JUST WEST OF PARIS WHERE HE JOINED DETACHMENT OF 21ST WEATHER. FOLLOWED GENERAL PATTON'S 17TH DIVISION IN BATTLES IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND RHINELAND. DISCHARGED AS SERGEANT ON 2-4-46.