World War II Honoree

George Henry Waple, III

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waple's Mill, Virginia

Honored By

Grateful American

ENTERED THE ARMY AT THE AGE OF 17 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE THIRD CAVALRY AT FT. MEYER, VIRGINIA. LEFT THE HORSE CAVALRY WHERE HE RODE WITH THEN COLONEL GEORGE PATTON, IN JUNE OF 1942 TO JOIN OTHER CADRE MEN IN THE NEWLY ACTIVATED 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA. DEPARTED NEW YORK ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON IN MARCH OF 1944. LANDED AT OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY ON JUNE 8TH. PARTICIPATED IN THE FIVE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS OF WWII, INCLUDING NORMANDY, THE HUERTGEN FOREST AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE WITH STAR, BRONZE STAR WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH FOUR CLUSTERS AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.