World War II Honoree

Daniel R. Constable

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cincinnati, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

ENTERED THE SERVICE IN FEBRUARY 1943. ASSIGNED TO THE 255TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION OF THE 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN ENGLAND. THE DIVISION WAS PART OF THE 3RD ARMY COMMANDED BY GENERAL GEORGE PATTON. ENTERED FRANCE AT UTAH BEACH AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH THE GERMAN BORDER. CUT THROUGH THE NORTHERN FLACK AND ADVANCED TO THE 'BULGE'. RECIPIENT OF THE SILVER STAR MEDAL, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, RUSSIAN MEDAL OF VALOR, AND OTHER MEDALS FOR HIS SERVICE DURING THE INVASION. WHILE ON GUARD DUTY ONE NIGHT NEAR METZ, FRANCE, NEAR THE GERMAN BORDER, A VEHICLE RAN THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT. ORDERS WERE TO SHOOT ANYONE VIOLATING ORDERS TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF. HE HAD LEVELED HIS M1 WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND RETURNED TO CHECKPOINT. THE OFFICER IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT APOLOGIZED FOR NOT STOPPING AND SAID THE SOLDIER WOULD HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING HIM. HE AGREED. THE OFFICER WAS GENERAL PATTON.