World War II Honoree

Russell Daugherty

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bergholz, Ohio

Honored By

Charles H. Jacobs

Relationship

Former co-worker

BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI IN SIGNAL CORPS, ADVANCED TRAINING AT CAMP EDWARDS, MASSACHUSETTS, BUENA VISTA, VIRGINIA AND FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. SAILED FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP SS WEST POINT FOR LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. THEN TO OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE, ASSIGNED TO 3RD ARMY, 3RD CORPS COMMUNICATIONS. SERVED IN VERDUN, METZ AND NANCY, FRANCE AND MAINBURG, KASSEL, FURTH AND NURNBURG, GERMANY. SEPTEMBER 1945 SAILED FROM ANTWERP, BELGIUM ABOARD USS BRANDON VICTORY SHIP TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK.