World War II Honoree

Joseph Novak

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sanatoga, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE FOUGHT IN FIVE MAJOR CAMPAIGNS WHICH INCLUDED THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. A MEMBER OF THE APACHE DIVISION OF THE INFANTRY, HE WAS DECORATED FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT AND THE RECEIPT FIVE BATTLE STARS. HE WAS ALSO ASSIGNED TO A SECRET MISSION TO CAPTURE LUCIA ROMMEL, THE WIFE OF GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL, 'THE DESERT FOX' IN GERMANY. ADDITIONALLY HE RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.