World War II Honoree

Peter Prokity

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

West Tarentum, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Paul F. Edwards

Relationship

Grand Nephew

HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION (THE BIG RED ONE). PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA AND FOUGHT IN MOROCCO, ALGERIA AND TUNISIA. HIS OUTFIT WAS PULLED OUT AND THEY FORMED THE INVASION OF SICILY. HIS UNIT FOUGHT IN ITALY, THEN WAS PULLED BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE THEY FORMED UP FOR THE D-DAY INVASION. HE WENT ASHORE WITH REINFORCEMENT UNITS ON THE SECOND DAY, FOUGHT ACROSS FRANCE, INTO GERMANY AND ENDED THE WAR SOMEWHERE ALONG THE ELBE RIVER. HIS UNIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PULLED OUT AND HE WAS SEPARATED AT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA. HE EARNED THE SILVER STAR FOR HEROIC ACTION AND WAS ALSO AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR.