World War II Honoree

Malcolm H. Wells

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

Honored By

Myrtle Wells

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN COMPANY B, 310TH REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED SERVICE APRIL 6, 1944. RECEIVED COMBAT INFANTRY TRAINING AT FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA. FOUGHT IN THREE MAJOR BATTLES; BATTLE OF THE BULGE, HUERTGEN FOREST AND REMAGEN BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER. CAPTURED AND HELD AT GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. ESCAPED AFTER A FEW DAYS OF CONFINEMENT AND RETURNED TO COMPANY. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, MARCH 1945. HONORABLE DISCHARGE, APRIL 19, 1946.