World War II Honoree

Morgan Junior Wickman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan

Honored By

Norma Patterson

Relationship

Daughter

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, IN LUXEMBOURG AND SPENT A LONG TIME IN GERMANY. WHEN HE WAS IN BATTLE HE AND FIVE OTHER MEN HID IN A CHURCH DURING BOMBING ONE NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING ALL THE BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED EXCEPT THE LITTLE CHURCH THEY WERE IN. THERE WAS A TIME THAT ALL THE U.S. TROOPS HE WAS WITH WERE KILLED, EXCEPT HIM. HE HID UNDER DEAD BODIES AND SEARCHED FOR AT LEAST A MONTH TO FIND MORE U.S. TROOPS.