World War II Honoree

Paul S. Daubner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Rossford, Ohio

Honored By

Daniel P. Subleski

Relationship

Grandson

HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR FROM NOVEMBER 1942 THROUGH MAY 1945. HE SERVED WITH THE INFANTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY 9TH DIVISION. HE WENT OVERSEAS ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1942. HE WAS PART OF THE AFRICAN INVASION AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS IN ALGIERS. HE WAS TAKEN TO SICILY, ITALY, AND THEN TO GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS MOVED ABOUT IN EIGHT CAMPS. AS THE NUMBER OF ALLIED PRISONERS GREW, HE AND OTHER TROOPS WERE STARTED ON A SIX WEEK MARCH GOING FROM THE POLISH BORDER TO WITHIN ABOUT 150 MILES OF HAMBURG, GERMANY. HE WAS RELEASED ON MAY 3 BY THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. HE ARRIVED BACK IN THE U.S. ON JUNE 17 IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.