World War II Honoree

Mortimer Arthur Geisler

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Harlem, New York

Honored By

Michael J. Lynett

In 1942 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and shipped to England. His division landed on Omaha Beach on June 9, three days into D-Day. He then followed General Patton’s 3rd Army through St. Lo to Pont de Masson relieving Bastogne and crossed the Rhein and Ruhr Rivers on the way to Magdenburg where he joined General Simpson’s 9th Army on the way to Gottinger. His division was involved in closing the pocket in Hamm where 100,000 Germans were captured and surrendered. Then the encounters at Dachau.