World War II Honoree

Samuel Woodford Aylestock, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Buckhannon, West Virginia

Honored By

Nina Aylestock

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON OCTOBER 22, 1941. BASIC TRAINING IN CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA. AFTER TRAINING WAS SENT TO SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA AND TO YUMA, ARIZONA. FORMED A BATTALION, SHIPPED BACK TO VIRGINIA ATTACHED TO NAVY FOR AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING. SPENT ONE YEAR IN ENGLAND TO TRAIN. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY ON JUNE 6, 1944. WENT TO FRANCE, LIBERATED BELGIUM AND HOLLAND, THROUGH GERMANY AND ON TO THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. WAR ENDED WHILE ON WAY TO BERLIN. BOARDED SHIP IN FRANCE TO RETURN TO NEW YORK. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND ON NOVEMBER 5, 1945.