World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Elwood J. Erstad
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Madison, Wisconsin
Honored By
Mrs. Suzanne M. Emden
Relationship
Daughter
Served from November 28, 1942 to December 13, 1945. On medium and amphibious tanks in Hawaii, Okinawa and Leyte. Injured in Leyte on May 12, 1945; recovered in a hospital in Saipan. Received the Purple Heart for this injury.