World War II Honoree

Frederick Warren Mitchell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lakewood, Ohio

Honored By

Virginia Richards Mitchell, Linda Bazar, Donna Reid, Carol Derov, Denise Dignan

DRAFTED ON MARCH 20, 1941. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY. ON MANEUVERS WITH A RADAR UNIT AT TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA WHEN THE JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR. WENT TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY AND COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT JULY 13, 1942. PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT JULY 17, 1944 AND TO CAPTAIN FEBRUARY 18, 1947. ASSIGNED TO 562ND SIGNAL AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION. SHIPPED OUT FROM NEW YORK TO CASABLANCA, MOROCCO AND STAYED FOR 2 YEARS. SENT TO TUNISIA AND PALERMO, SICILY. LANDED IN NAPLES, ITALY IN C-47 AIRCRAFT THE DAY AFTER NAPLES FELL TO THE ALLIES. HELPED PROVIDE RADAR COVERAGE FROM NAPLES TO PISA, ITALY AS THE ALLIES MOVED NORTH. SHIPPED BACK TO THE U.S. IN 1945. ASSIGNED TO AN UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA JUST AS THE WAR ENDED. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT MCCLELLAN FIELD, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA ON DECEMBER 31, 1945. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, AND ROME-ARNO. DECORATIONS: BRONZE STAR MEDAL (APRIL 13, 1945), AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.