World War II Honoree

Edward M. Murt

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Tom Leahy

Relationship

Friend

SERVED FEBRUARY 1946 TO APRIL 1947. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND AND ASSIGNED TO THE INFANTRY BASE TRAINING AT FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA. AFTER COMPLETING EIGHT WEEKS OF BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY. FROM THERE, HE WAS SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO EUROPE, ARRIVING AT BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY. HE WAS TRANSFERRED FIRST TO MARBURG THEN TO BAMBERG. IN BAMBERG, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY NEWLY ACTIVATED CONSTABULARY. THE MISSION WAS TO PATROL THE BORDERS OF THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION TOWNS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AND TO SHOW A MILITARY PRESENCE IN THESE TOWNS AND VILLAGES. AFTER FOUR WEEKS TRAINING IN FUSSEN, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 5TH CONSTABULARY REGIMENT IN GABLINGEN AND THEN IN AUGSBURG, GERMANY. IN APRIL 1947, HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. ON THE TROOPSHIP GENERAL GOETHALS. HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE.