World War II Honoree

Donald Dean Paulsen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED SOME 3 YEARS WITH THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD INFANTRY DIVISION, INCLUDING OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. HIS UNIT WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO LAND AT WAKAYAMA, JAPAN FOLLOWING THE END OF HOSTILITIES. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.