World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Arnold Beckman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Marengo, Wisconsin
Honored By
Roy M. Pumala
Relationship
Nephew
LANDED IN ORAN, AFRICA; NOVEMBER 1942 AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION. FOUGHT IN SICILY, LANDED AT ANZIO, ITALY AND WAS WOUNDED BY GERMAN SHELLING OF A LANDING STRIP. SENT HOME IN 1945. WAS IN WASHINGTON STATE, READY TO GO TO JAPAN WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED AND THE WAR ENDED.