World War II Honoree

Frederick Arnold Vrock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Watertown, Massachusetts

Honored By

Judy Vrock

Relationship

Daughter

ON SEPT 17, 1944, AS A MEMBER OF 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, UNDER GENERAL PATTON AND GENERAL 'SLIM JIM' GAVIN, WAS TOWED IN GLIDERS BY C-47'S, AND LANDED 53 MILES INSIDE ENEMY LINES, AND CROSSED THE RHINE RIVER NEAR THE REMAGEN BRIDGE INTO BERLIN. RECEIVED ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH BRONZE ARROWHEAD, GLIDER BADGE, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ORANGE LANYARD OF THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY. ON JUNE 3RD ARRIVED IN NEW YORK ON THE QUEEN MARY, AND MARCHED UP 5TH AVENUE, GENERAL GAVIN LEADING THE WAY. HIS FAMILY WAS THERE AND SPOTTED HIM AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS.