World War II Honoree

Joseph Henry Weis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Kansas City, Missouri

Honored By

T. Weis and Family

Relationship

Son

TRAINED AS AMPHIBIOUS reconnaissance AND SCOUT. SERVED WITH 534 ESB Headquarters 2ND Battalion HEAVY MACHINE GUNNER. FOUGHT under GENeral MacARTHUR IN PACIFIC THEATRE ON NEW GUINEA, BORNEO, MORATIA, AND PHILippine Islands. RECeiVED 3 BRONZE STARS AND 3 BRONZE ARROWHEADS DURING THESE LANDINGS. SERVED OCCUPATION FORCE IN JAPAN PRIOR TO HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN JANUARY 1946