World War II Honoree

Jacob Gerald Angus

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Gallitzin, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED OVER TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS WITH THE FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION. HE ENTERED SERVICE ON APRIL 5, 1943 AND AFTER HIS BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS, HE EMBARKED FEBRUARY 27, 1944 ON THE HIGHLAND PRINCESS FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON THAT FRONT, HE PARTICIPATED IN FIVE CAMPAIGNS: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. HIS DIVISION RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL MERITORIOUS PLAQUE FOR THEIR DEFENSE OF BASTOGNE IN DECEMBER 1944. HE WEARS THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS RIBBON WITH FIVE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ABOARD THE PONTOTOC VICTORY HE RETURNED TO THE STATES AND WAS DISCHARGED AT INDIANTOWN GAP, DECEMBER 7, 1945.