World War II Honoree

Edward Benjamin Rakosky

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Throop, Pennsylvania

Honored By

William Fischer, Jr.

Relationship

Grateful Citizen

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 29 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA. FOREIGN SERVICE FROM 6 APRIL 1944 TO 12 JUNE 1945 WITH COMPANY A, 358TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION, LANDING AT NORMANDY AT D-DAY PLUS TWO AND HEADING INTO THE FIGHTING IN NORTHERN FRANCE. LATER CAPTURED, HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR TEN MONTHS. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 6 DECEMBER 1945 AT CAMP ROBINSON, ARKANSAS. RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AND COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE.