World War II Honoree

Joel Hallman Radcliffe

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Aiken, South Carolina

Honored By

Mary Radcliffe Welch

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 19, 1942. CAPTAIN OF COMPANY C, 387TH INFANTRY, 97TH TRIDENT DIVISION. IN EUROPE, FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE RUHR POCKET AND THE BATTLE FOR THE LIBERATION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. KARL WEISENBERGER, GENERAL OF THE GERMAN 13TH CORPS AND MILITARY GOVERNOR OF SOUTHERN GERMANY, SURRENDERED TO HIM ON MAY 7, 1945 IN KRUKANICE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. SERVED IN ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN JAPAN, WHERE HE WAS INJURED IN A JEEP ACCIDENT. RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 15, 1946. SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVES UNTIL 1951.