World War II Honoree

Salvatore Moretti

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Providence, Rhode Island

Honored By

CTR2 Salvatore Moretti II, USN

Relationship

Grandson

CORPORAL. SERVED IN THE ARMY, COMPANY D, 157TH INFANTRY DIVISION FROM MAY 5, 1943 UNTIL JULY 7, 1945. CERTIFIED AS A CARBINE MARKSMAN JULY 16, 1943; A MACHINE GUN .30 MARKSMAN AUGUST 5, 1943; AS WELL AS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN. HE ALSO SERVED AS A SQUAD LEADER WHILE COMBATING IN THE FOLLOWING BATTLES: NAPLES-FOGGIA; ROME-ARNO; SOUTHERN FRANCE; RHINELAND, G.O.# 33, WD 45. DURING THIS TIME HE RECEIVED THREE PURPLE HEARTS FOR HIS BATTLE WOUNDS, THE FIRST FOR GETTING SHOT IN THE CHIN THROUGH HIS MOUTH INTO HIS SHOULDER, WHICH HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 24, 1944 NEAR VAXONCOURT, FRANCE; THE SECOND GETTING HIT BY SCRAP METAL FROM A NEARBY EXPLOSION, WHICH HAPPENED DECEMBER 27, 1944 NEAR HIRSCHTHAL, GERMANY; AND THE THIRD GETTING SHOT IN THE BACK AND THROUGH HIS STOMACH, WHICH HAPPENED JANUARY 17, 1945 IN ZINSWEILER, FRANCE. HE ALSO RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE-EASTERN THEATRE METAL WITH FOUR CAMPAIGN STARS. HIS SERVICE DURING WWII WAS COURAGEOUS AS WELL AS HEROIC.