World War II Honoree

Leon Goure

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hoboken, New Jersey

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING IN THE U.S., HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL, HE WAS BACK IN GERMANY AS AN INFANTRYMAN. HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND LATER SERVED IN COUNTER INTELLIGENCE, WHERE HE USED HIS FLUENCY IN GERMAN, FRENCH AND RUSSIAN TO INTERVIEW GERMANS AND THEIR COLLABORATORS WHO WERE BEING HELD AFTER THE WAR.