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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James W. Christy

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Delmont, Pennsylvania

Honored By

James W. Christy

Relationship

Self

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Activity During WWII

CORPORAL, U.S. ARMY, 17TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. ENTERED U.S. ARMY IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1943. LANDED IN FRANCE, THROUGH ENGLAND IN DECEMBER 1944 DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. WOUNDED AND CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS OUTSIDE LUXEMBOURG IN JANUARY 1945. HELD AS A POW AT STALAG LUFT 13C IN HAMMELBURG, GERMANY. LIBERATED IN APRIL 1945. AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS AND INTERNMENT, FROSTBITE CLAIMED PARTIAL USE OF THE HANDS AND BOTH LEGS WERE AMPUTATED.