World War II Honoree

Nathan Fishman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Long Branch, New Jersey

Honored By

A Grateful American

DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY AS A PRIVATE MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR. ACHIEVED THE RANK OF CAPTAIN IN 1945, HAVING FOUGHT WITH HIS UNIT FROM THE NORMANDY BEACHES IN JUNE 1944 TO THE ELBE RIVER AND THE FINAL DEFEAT OF GERMANY. A FIRE CONTROL OFFICER FOR FIELD ARTILLERY, HE WAS IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THAT CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING PATTON'S SWEEP THROUGH NORMANDY, THE BATTLE FOR PARIS, THE BATTLE OF HUERTGEN FOREST AND CROSSING OF THE RHINE AND THE FINAL BATTLE IF GERMANY. HE WAS AMONG THOSE WHO STOPPED HITLER'S LAST MAJOR OFFENSIVE AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN DECEMBER 1944. FOR BRAVERY IN LEADING HIS UNIT DURING THAT CRUCIAL BATTLE HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR.