Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Liverpool, England
Honored By
Henry J. Zasowski, Jr.
Relationship
Military Historian
WILLIAM WAS A NEPHEW OF ADOLPH HITLER. IN 1942, HE WROTE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ASKING PERMISSION TO JOIN THE U.S. NAVY TO HELP PAY THE GREAT DEBT THAT HE AND HIS MOTHER, BRIDGET DOWLING HITLER, THOUGHT THEY OWED AMERICA. IN 1944, HITLER JOINED THE U.S. NAVY'S NAVAL MEDICAL CORPS AND SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION.