World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald H. Nauta
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED WITH ARMY SIGNAL CORPS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. HE WAS PRESSED AGAINST THE SIDE OF A SHIP WITH 11 OTHERS WAITING TO BOARD THE LANDING CRAFT WHEN A GERMAN SHELL HIT THE SHIP KILLING 10 OF THE MEN, WHEN HE DISEMBARKED THE LANDING CRAFT HE WAS IN SIX FEET OF WATER. HE LATER PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND AT THE SIEGE OF THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN. IN APRIL 1945 HE WAS WITH THE TROOPS WHO LIBERATED NORDHAUSEN, AN EXTERMINATION CAMP IN GERMANY WHERE FEW SURVIVORS WERE FOUND.