World War II Honoree

Jack Getty

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Webb City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON JULY 7, 1941. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 83RD INFANTRY 'THUNDERBOLT' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. LANDED ACROSS OMAHA BEACH IN NORMANDY, FRANCE ON JUNE 19, 1944 AND HIS DIVISION WAS OPERATING AT THE ELBE RIVER BRIDGEHEAD WHEN HOSTILITIES ENDED ON MAY 7, 1945. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH SILVER SERVICE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH 'GERMANY' CLASP. CONTINUED IN ARMY RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.