World War II Honoree

Norman Hershal Miner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Crows Landing, California

Honored By

Kenneth Miner

Relationship

Son

SERVED AS AN INFANTRY CORPORAL IN E COMPANY, 337TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 85TH DIVISION, 5TH ARMY. LANDED IN NORTH AFRICA THEN INTO ITALY FROM SEPTEMBER 1944 THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR IN 1945. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR, THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL (2 STARS), WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND A MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION BADGE. FOUGHT IN THE DRIVE TO THE APENNINES, 1944-45 WINTER LINE AND THE 1945 SPRING OFFENSIVE/PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS, AMONG OTHERS.