World War II Honoree

Emil Cornachione

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

SERVED WITH THE 104TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN. SAW ALMOST 200 DAYS OF FIGHTING IN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE AS THE DIVISION FOUGHT ITS WAS THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND WESTERN GERMANY. FOUGHT BACK SEVERAL FIERCE GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS AS IT ADVANCED THROUGH THE THEATRE THROUGHOUT LATE 1944 AND 1945, THIS WAS THE ONLY COMBAT DUTY THAT THE 104TH INFANTRY DIVISION SERVED. RECIPIENT OF TWO BRONZE STARS FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE.