World War II Honoree

Dominic Michael Tarantino

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bronx, New York

Honored By

Nancy Jo DiLuzio & Grace-Ann Tarantino

Relationship

Daughters

SERVED AS A WIREMAN IN EUROPE. HE ENLISTED AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM 1943 TO 1946 WITH THE 78TH 'LIGHTNING' INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS FIRST STATIONED IN CAMP BUTNER IN NORTH CAROLINA; FROM THERE HE WENT TO CAMP PICKETT IN VIRGINIA AND THEN CAMP KILMER IN NEW JERSEY. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND AND THEN TO FRANCE ON NORMANDY BEACH IN NOVEMBER 1944. THE NEXT MONTH, HE WENT TO BELGIUM DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. THERE, HE JOINED THE 311TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND CONTINUED TO HUERTGEN FOREST AND, FROM THERE, TO THE RHINE. HE CROSSED OVER THE LUDENDORFF BRIDGE INTO REMAGEN, WHERE HE WAS STATIONED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. HE SERVED UNDER FIELD MARSHAL B. MONTGOMERY AND MAJOR GENERAL E. P. PARKER, HIS DIVISIONAL COMMANDER. HE CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, AND OPERATED LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH FORWARD OBSERVERS, WHO WERE ON WATCH FOR GERMANS.