World War II Honoree

Quentin Frederick Hansen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Milaca, Minnesota

Honored By

Karen Hansen

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED MILITARY ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WOLTERS, TEXAS. SHIPPED TO ENGLAND IN 1944. ON JUNE 9, 1944, WAS ASSIGNED TO I COMPANY, 38TH REGIMENT, 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION AND JOINED THAT ORGANIZATION ON JUNE 6, 1944 ON OMAHA BEACH IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. PARTICIPATED IN FIVE CAMPAIGNS: NORMANDY, BRITTANY, ARDENNES, RHINELAND, CENTRAL GERMANY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT SQUAD LEADER IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN, THE POSITION HE HELD FOR THE REMAINDER OF MILITARY SERVICE. AWARDED PRESIDENTIAL CITATION WITH CLUSTER. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES WITH THE 2ND DIVISION AND WAS DISCHARGED AT CAMP FANNIN, TEXAS; OCTOBER 28, 1945.