World War II Honoree

Donald S. Welborn

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pateros, Washington

Honored By

Tom Welborn & LTC Charles T. Borg, USA-Ret.

ENTERED ARMY IN 1942. AFTER BASIC AND ADVANCED TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO INFANTRY UNITS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. INVOLVED IN HEAVY COMBAT ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE TO RECAPTURE THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AFTER THE BATTLES OF LEYTE AND LUZON, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WERE RECAPTURED BY JULY 1945. THE UNIT WAS ORDERED TO PREPARE FOR THE INVASION OF THE JAPANESE ISLANDS. FINAL MISSION WAS CANCELLED WHEN THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN ENDED IN AUGUST 1945. AWARDS INCLUDE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 3 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH BRONZE STAR.