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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Donald Edwin Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Masontown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

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Activity During WWII

AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943, HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. DEPLOYED TO OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY 45 DAYS AFTER D-DAY. SERVED WITH THE 71ST INFANTRY DURING OPERATIONS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORMANDY TO SWITZERLAND AT THE END OF THE WAR. EARNED THE BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE. REACHED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.