World War II Honoree

Jerome Berliner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

Son and Family

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND DID HIS BASIC TRAINING IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. HE TRAINED FOR THE INVASION OF EUROPE IN SOUTH WALES WITH THE 28TH DIVISION, 112TH REGIMENT. FOUGHT IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG AND WAS WOUNDED IN GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1944. HE WAS FLUENT IN GERMAN AND LED SMALL GROUPS OF MEN BEHIND THE LINES TO CAPTURE GERMAN OFFICERS FOR INTERROGATION. ONE SUCH SUCCESSFUL RECONNAISSANCE OPERATION LED TO THE CAPTURE OF SEVERAL GERMAN OFFICERS BEHIND ENEMY LINES PRIOR TO THE CROSSING OVER THE SAUER RIVER IN GERMANY. HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR FOR THIS OPERATION. HE WAS ALSO DECORATED WITH THREE BATTLE STARS, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AND CROIX DE GUERRE. HE ENTERED PARIS WITH THE LIBERATION ARMY AND HIS DIVISION WAS PICTURED IN A PHOTO OF THE U.S. TROOPS MARCHING UNDER THE ARCH DE TRIUMPH. AFTER HIS HOSPITAL STAY HE JOINED THE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION DIVISION, SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, PARIS, DECEMBER 1944 WHERE HE WROTE AND LECTURED FOR THE FIELD DIVISION.