World War II Honoree

Anthony M. Padlowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bayonne, New Jersey

Honored By

Florence, Andrea, Robert & Cynthia

Relationship

Wife & Children

HE WAS AN INFANTRYMAN, WHO ENGAGED IN FIERCE FIGHTING AT THE BATTLE OF ANZIO AND THROUGHOUT ITALY FOR THE NEXT 11 MONTHS. HE WAS AWARDED 2 PURPLE HEARTS FOR WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1944. THE SECOND OCCURRED IN ITALY, WHERE HE AND 5 OTHER VOLUNTEERS WENT AHEAD OF HIS TRAPPED UNIT TO TAKE OUT THE ENEMY FIRING AT THEM FROM A GRAIN SILO. THEY SUCCEEDED BUT 4 SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND 2, INCLUDING HIM, WERE CRITICALLY WOUNDED. FOR THIS, HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR FOR EXEMPLARY CONDUCT IN GROUND COMBAT AGAINST THE ARMED ENEMY.