World War II Honoree

Charles Manly Aull

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pomaria, South Carolina

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

HE SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY IN THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE LANDING AT CASABLANCA IN NOVEMBER 1943, THEN WENT WITH THE DIVISION INTO SICILY IN JULY, 1943 AND THEN THROUGH TO PALERMO IN ITALY. WITH THE DIVISION HE LANDED IN NORMANDY IN JUNE 1944, FOUGHT IN THE COTENTIN PENINSULA AND THROUGH FRANCE INTO BELGIUM IN SEPTEMBER, BROKE THROUGH THE SEIGFRIED LINE IN OCTOBER, AND SEIZED PUFFENDORF AND BARMAN IN NOVEMBER, 1944. AFTER HELPING RESIST THE GERMAN ARDENNES OFFENSIVE, THE DIVISION PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN JANUARY, 1945, RESTED FOR A PERIOD, THEN DROVE ACROSS THE ELBE AND ENTERED BERLIN IN JULY. N SEPTEMBER 1945 HE RETURNED TO THE STATES FOR DISCHARGE AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA HE REMAINED IN THE RESERVES AND EVENTUALLY ATTAINED THE RANK OF COLONEL. FOR HIS WAR SERVICE HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR, BRONZE STAR WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART, AND AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.