World War II Honoree

Ernest Lee Barber

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Tionesta, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Melissa Covell

Relationship

Granddaughter

Leipzig, Germany-He captured the Zeppelin Bridge that entered the city of Leipzig. He was noted to have gone on a one man rampage through enemy lines, where he killed several German soldiers and captured 5 to shield himself while walking across the Zeppelin Bridge as he was assumed to be dead and his company where shooting at him while attempting to cross the bridge. He also completed Reconnaissance of the city and identified the location of the snipers in the city to assist his company in capturing the city.