World War II Honoree

Charles 'Chuck' Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Eldred, New York

Honored By

American Legion, Sylvan Liebla Post 1363

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN AUGUST 1943, WAS ASSIGNED TO ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AND SPENT SEPTEMBER 1943 TO MARCH 1944 AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. HE DID HIS BASIC TRAINING IN CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI AND RADIO SCHOOL AT FORT BELVOIR, NEW JERSEY AS PART OF THE 290TH COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION. HE SHIPPED OUT TO ENGLAND IN OCTOBER 1944 AND ON TO FRANCE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE 1944. HE WAS ATTACHED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CORPS OF THE 7TH ARMY AND FINALLY WOUND UP WITH PATTON’S 3RD ARMORED AND WAS AT BERTSCHGARTEN ON V-E DAY. HE SPENT THE NEXT YEAR AS OCCUPATION TROOPS IN MANHEIM AND WAS DISCHARGED MAY 1946 AS SERGEANT FIRST CLASS.