World War II Honoree

Bernard B. Grossman

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 AS A RIFLEMAN WITH THE BUSHMASTER’S, AN ELITE UNIT THAT FOUGHT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WWII. THEY WERE TRAINED IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, JUNGLE PATROL TECHNIQUES AND HIGH POWERED RIFLES AND LONG MACHETES. THEY SUBSISTED IN THE JUNGLE FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR AND A PURPLE HEART.