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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John W. Gander

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Grafton, Ohio

Honored By

Jacqueline S. Brockway

Relationship

Friend

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Activity During WWII

ENTERED IN JUNE 1941 AND SERVED FOR FIVE YEARS. WAS AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO GENERAL GEORGE PATTON'S THIRD ARMY FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION. LANDED ON UTAH BEACH THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE D-DAY INVASION. WAS WITH GENERAL PATTON'S ARMY FROM 1941 UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE IN 1945. RECIPIENT OF AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.