World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harold Hertzler Eberly
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Family
ENTERED IN OCTOBER 1942 AS A PRIVATE. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING IN MISSISSIPPI, RADIO SCHOOL IN MADISON, WISCONSIN AND CHEMICAL WARFARE TRAINING IN FLORIDA. LEFT FROM BOSTON AND HEADED TO EUROPE. LANDED IN NORMANDY ON JUNE 11, 1945 WITH THE SECOND ARMORED DIVISION AND MARCHED TO THE ELBE RIVER. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. ACHIEVED THE RANK OF CORPORAL BEFORE BEING MUSTERED OUT AT FORT PICKETT, VIRGINIA IN THE FALL OF 1945.