World War II Honoree

ALFRED MARK PAPILE

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

SAINT ALBANS, New York

Honored By

MATTHEW ALFRED PAPILE

Relationship

GODSON

U.S. ARMY PFC ALFRED M. PAPILE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY SERVING FROM (19 MARCH 1943-10 MARCH 1946) VOLUNTERING FOR THE 502nd P.I.R ASSIGNED TO THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION COMPANY "F". SERVING IN THE EUROPEAN- AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE CAMPAIGN. HE WAS A PARTCIPANT IN "OPERATION MARKET GARDEN"(17 SEPTEMBER 1944) IN SONCHE, HOLLAND AND THE "BATTLE OF THE BULGE" ARDENNE OFFENSIVE IN BELGIUM (16 DEC 1944-25 JANUARY 1945). THIS BATTLE IN PARTICULAR WAS DECLARED THE "BLOODIEST BATTLE" OF WW II DUE TO THE U.S. LED AND ALLIED FORCES SUSTAINING THE SUM OF (75,000) CASUALTIES. THIS UNRELENTNESS AND COURAGEOUS FIGHTING OF THE GI's ALLIED FORCES WOULD ULTIMATLEY COST THE GERMAN ARMY THE LOSS OF (120,000) MEN. AS A RESULT, OF THE GERMAN ARMY SUFFERING DEFEAT, THEY (GERMAN ARMY) FAILED IN THEIR INITIAVE OF SEIZING CONTROL OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN FRONT. FOR HIS HEROIC SERVICE PFC ALFRED M PAPILE WOULD RECEIVE THE BRONZE STAR, U.S. ARMY COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, EUROPEAN AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/2 BRONZE COMBAT STARS, WW II VICTORY MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, HONORABLE DISCHARGE "RUPTERED DUCK" INGNIA PIN, N.Y.S CONSPICIOUS SERVICE CROSS. PFC ALFRED M. PAPILE ALONG WITH ALL THE COUNTLESS OTHER MEN AND WOMAN WHO SERVED DURING WW II AND SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO DEFEND THIS GREAT COUNTRY IS WHY THEY FALL INTO A CLASS OF THEIR OWN WHICH IS APPROPRIATELY NAMED " THE GREATEST GENERATION EVER".