World War II Honoree

Cyril Beeching

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Huntington, Indiana

Honored By

Becky Beeching Henwood and Rita O'Brian Sowers

Relationship

Daughter and Niece

ENTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1942 AT AGE 29. TRAINED IN THE INFANTRY AT ABERDEEN, MARYLAND, THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY SERVICES FORCES AND TRAINED TO REPAIR AND DRIVE TANKS. LEFT FOR ENGLAND IN DECEMBER 1943. IN ENGLAND THEY ASSEMBLED AND READIED GENERAL PATTON'S TANKS FOR THE INVASION OF EUROPE. IN LATE 1944 THEY WENT TO FRANCE, AND FROM THERE WENT THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL AND ARRIVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THERE THEY GUARDED 9,000 JAPANESE PRISONERS WHO WERE CAPTURED IN THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1946 FOR DISCHARGE.