World War II Honoree

Edward Emmeran Fallis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Gloversville, New York

Honored By

Wendy Putman, Heidi Schultz, Karen Creedon

Relationship

Daughters

SERGEANT. SERVED AS AN AM/FM 2 WAY RADIO OPERATOR, 405TH FIELD ARTILLERY DIVISION. STARTED IN FRANCE, DECEMBER 1943, FOLLOWING BEHIND THE 101ST AIRBORNE AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND INTO HOLLAND. BECAME LIBERATORS OF CAMPS HIS UNIT CROSSED IN SPRING 1945. WAS IN AUSTRIA ON V-E DAY 1945. FOLLOWED BEHIND 101ST AIRBORNE INTO BERCHTESGADEN AFTER THEY LEFT AND SECURED THE AREA. STAYED IN EUROPE AND CONTINUED TO TRAIN FOR ASIA. ONCE THERE, THERE WAS VICTORY IN JAPAN. HE WAS RELEASED AND RETURNED HOME 1946.