World War II Honoree

John R. Weinert

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mary A. Weinert

Relationship

Wife

CORPORAL. ENLISTED AUGUST 1943 IN ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. DURING 1944 WAS STATIONED AT FORT MEAD, MARYLAND; FORT BENNING, GEORGIA; FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA; CAMP BRECKENRIDGE, KENTUCKY; FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA AND CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK. SENT TO EUROPEAN THEATER ON THE AMSTERDAM TO GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY C, 12TH REGIMENT, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. CAMPAIGNS INCLUDED HUERTGEN FOREST, BATTLE OF THE BULGE, RHINE CROSSING, SOUTHERN GERMANY. FREED PRISONERS FROM GERMAN CAMP. IN 1945 ASSIGNED TO MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. RETURNED TO THE U.S. TO CAMP PATRICK HENRY, VIRGINIA TO RE-TRAIN FOR JAPAN INVASION, CANCELLED DUE TO DROPPING OF THE A BOMB. DISCHARGED FEBRUARY 1946 FROM INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA. RECEIVED BRONZE STAR MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.