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World War II Honoree

Served Their Country

Benjamin Wadwell Wax

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Honored By

Benjamin W. Wax Jr.

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

101st 501st PIR Regimental Hq/Hq S-2, jumped into Normandy on D-Day. Set up the Command Post for Col. Maxwell Taylor in Hiesville, FR. After returning to Hamstead Marshall, England after D-Day, was transferred to the First Allied Airborne in Reims, FR to assist in all airborne operations at SHAFE. Awarded a Bronze Star before returning to US in the fall of 1945.