World War II Honoree

Stanley Anthony Wojtusik

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII. IN DECEMBER OF 1944 HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN WHICH HIS UNIT BECAME SURROUNDED AND HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER. HE WAS MARCHED TO A TRAIN DEPOT, WHICH WAS STRAFED BY A BRITISH FIGHTER PLANE THAT DIDN’T REALIZE THE FREIGHT CARS WERE LOADED WITH AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS HE WAS HELD IN CAMPS WITH LITTLE FOOD AND JOINED OTHERS WHO WERE ORDERED TO REMOVE THE GERMAN DEAD AFTER THE ALLIES BOMBING OF DRESDEN. HE WAS AWARDED A PURPLE HEART AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, 2 BRONZE STARS, AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL.