World War II Honoree

Dan Homer Montpetit

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Kalispell, Montana

Honored By

William C. Schmied, Jr.

Relationship

Son-in-Law

SERVED AS A DRIVER WITH THE 3RD SIGNAL COMPANY, 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION GOING ASHORE AT FEDALA, FRENCH MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA IN NOVEMBER 1942, FOLLOWED BY LANDINGS IN SICILY IN JULY 1943 THEN SALERNO, ANZIO, AND ROME, ITALY. IN AUGUST 1944 LANDED ON THE RIVIERA IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND ADVANCED NORTH THROUGH THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS CROSSING THE RHINE RIVER INTO GERMANY IN MARCH 1945. SMASHED THROUGH THE SIEGFRIED LINE AT ZWEIBRUCKEN THEN ADVANCED THROUGH NUREMBERG AND MUNICH AND FINALLY ENDING AT SALZBURG, AUSTRIA IN MAY 1945 WHEN THE GERMAN ARMY SURRENDERED ENDING THE WAR.