World War II Honoree

Murray Chase

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ossining, New York

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT JACKSON AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA; CAMP LIVINGSTON AT ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA; FORT BENNING AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA; AND CAMP HOWZE AT GAINESVILLE, TEXAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, AT NORMANDY AND IN NORTHERN FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, IN THE RHINELAND, AND GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN THE ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) CAMPAIGN. WOUNDED IN ACTION IN 1945 DURING OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. ALSO AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT. ALSO AWARDED THE BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE WITH BRONZE PALM FOR BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY BY HIS UNIT IN BELGIUM. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.