World War II Honoree

Lawrence J. 'Larry' Weissenberger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Leonia, New Jersey

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

IN 1940, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD 44TH DIVISION AT WATERTOWN, NEW YORK. THE DIVISION WAS INDUCTED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER, 1940, AND MOVED TO FORT DIX AT WRIGHTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY. TRANSFERRED TO A.P. HILL MILITARY RESERVATION AT FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA WITH HIS UNIT IN 1941, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST ARMY CAROLINA MANEUVERS FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 1941, TO DECEMBER 9, 1941. HIS UNIT WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAMP CLAIBORNE AT ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA ON JANUARY 16, 1942, AND THEN TO FORT LEWIS AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 27, 1942. APPLIED FOR AND WAS ACCEPTED FOR OFFICER TRAINING AT THE SIGNAL CORPS OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT MONMOUTH AT RED BANK, NEW JERSEY. GRADUATED IN 1942, WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE SIGNAL CORPS AND ASSIGNED TO DREW FIELD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), IN ENGLAND, BELGIUM, FRANCE AND GERMANY. WORKED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AFTER THE WAR IN PARIS, FRANCE WITH AIR FORCES INTELLIGENCE BEFORE RETURNING TO THE U.S. AND SEPARATING FROM ACTIVE SERVICE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.