World War II Honoree

Fey Chu, M. D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Julia Kuo-Fang Ling

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED ON JULY 8, 1944 AFTER GRADUATING FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AS A SURGEON IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. ATTENDED 57TH OVERSEAS TRAINING BASE MEDICAL FIELD SERVICE SCHOOL. DEPLOYED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER ON A LIBERTY SHIP. ARRIVED IN ENGLAND. ASSIGNED TO 414TH MEDICAL COLLECTING COMPANY, ATTACHED TO GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY. EXPERIENCED COMBAT IN THE ARDENNES CAMPAIGN. BECAME COMPANY COMMANDER AND WENT ONTO THE CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN, IN THE EARLY SPRING OF 1945. RECEIVED WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (ARDENNES, CENTRAL EUROPE AND RHINELAND), ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH GERMANY CLASP, NEW YORK STATE MEDAL OF MERIT WITH 1 SILVER SHIELD AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. SEPARATED AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1946.