World War II Honoree

George A. Vosper

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Amityville, New York

Honored By

Mrs. Eleanor Vosper

Relationship

Wife

INSTRUCTED BAYONET AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE (BAR), HAND GRENADES. ATTENDED OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL. WAS A STAFF SERGEANT. WOUNDED IN GERMANY AND WAS A POW. SERVED IN THE 30TH DIVISION IN FRANCE, IN THE HEDGEROSE. FOUGHT THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. WOUNDED ON OCTOBER 23, 1944, IN GERMANY. CAPTURED AND SENT TO PRISON CAMP IN FURSTENBERG, FRANKFORT, ON THE ODER. THEN WENT TO DIFFERENT PRISON CAMPS UNTIL HE ESCAPED FROM STALAG 3 AND JOINED UP WITH THE 30TH DIVISION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ELBE RIVER, IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY 1945. STILL HAS THE MAP USED TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON, THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY A GERMAN SOLDIER IN EXCHANGE FOR AMERICAN CIGARETTES. THREE BRONZE STARS, PURPLE HEART, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.