World War II Honoree

Charles L. Gehris

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boyertown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Charles L. Gehris

ENTERED U.S. ARMY IN EARLY 1945 AND SERVED IN THE INFANTRY UNTIL AFTER WWII ENDED. SERVED IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY 33 MONTHS. WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY IN LATE 1948 WITH RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. WHILE IN THE INFANTRY, UNIT WAS BOUND FOR JAPAN WHEN THE WAR ENDED, THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN. LATER WAS TOLD THAT UNIT WAS TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE INVASION FORCE FOR THE JAPANESE MAINLAND. AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER, ENLISTED FOR 3 YEARS IN U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS.