World War II Honoree

Sidney Aaron Chayefsky

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bronx, New York

Honored By

John Peterson

HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY, WHERE HE RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART. SERVING WITH THE 104TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS, HE WAS NEAR AACHEN, GERMANY WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED, REPORTEDLY BY A LAND MINE. WHILE RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES IN THE ARMY HOSPITAL NEAR CIRENCESTER, ENGLAND, HE WROTE THE BOOK AND LYRICS TO A MUSICAL COMEDY, NO T.O. FOR LOVE. FIRST PRODUCED DURING 1945 BY THE SPECIAL SERVICES UNIT, THE SHOW TOURED EUROPEAN ARMY BASES FOR TWO YEARS.