World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Franklin Edwards
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Oxford, Iowa
ENLISTED IN DECEMBER 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF BRITTANY, FRANCE AND BATTLE OF HUERTGEN FOREST, GERMANY. INJURED IN THE CROSSING OF THE ROER RIVER IN FEBRUARY 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER A LONG RECOVERY.