World War II Honoree

Edward L. Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Westborough, Massachusetts

Honored By

Charles B. Church III

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY FROM FORT BANKS, NEAR BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1945. WENT TO BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP GORDON, GEORGIA. SENT TO CAMP ADAIR, OREGON THEN CAMP STONE, CALIFORNIA. FROM THERE TO HAWAII AND ENIWETOK IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. SERVED ABOARD TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP THE USS NATRONA, JOINED UP WITH A CONVOY AND PROCEEDED TO MANILA BAY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DISEMBARKED AND SET UP CAMP IN SAN FERNANDO AS OCCUPYING FORCES AND TOOK ADVANCED TRAINING FOR THE UPCOMING INVASION OF FORMOSA. THE WAR WAS OVER BEFORE THE INVASION TOOK PLACE AND OPERATIONS WERE CANCELLED. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL. RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1946 AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY.