World War II Honoree

John 'Jack' Wassel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Johnson City, New York

Honored By

Cindi Sutton-Callahan

Relationship

Granddaughter

64TH MEDICAL, 4TH BATTALION. HE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS TIME IN GERMANY. HE DROVE AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTING THE WOUNDED TO FIELD HOSPITALS AND THE DEAD TO WHATEVER FACILITY THEY HAD FOR BURIALS. AFTER SERVING IN GERMANY, HE WAS ABOARD A SHIP HEADING FOR THE PACIFIC WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED AND THEY WERE TURNED AROUND GOING BACK TO EUROPE TO SHORTLY BE SENT HOME. HE DID VISIT FRANCE AND SPENT SOME TIME IN ENGLAND, BEFORE BEING DEPLOYED TO GERMANY WHERE THE FIGHT WAS GOING ON.