World War II Honoree

Albert G. Widmann

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hollis, New York

Honored By

Ms. Patricia Beary & Mr. Thom Widmann

Relationship

Children

REPORTED FOR ACTIVE DUTY NOVEMBER. 1, 1942 AT CAMP UPTON, NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 5, 1942 SENT TO CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI FOR BASIC TRAINING. FEBRUARY 1944 SENT TO BRITISH NEW GUINEA FOR TRAINING IN JUNGLE COMBAT AS A MEDIC. JULY 1944 ENTERED COMBAT AT AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. SENT TO MOROTAI ISLAND, SEPTEMBER 1944, TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SUPPORT TO THE 124TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. ENTERED COMBAT ON MINDANAO AGAINST THE LAST LARGE CONTINGENT OF JAPANESE TROOPS. RETURNED TO THE U.S. DECEMBER 1945 AND DISCHARGED JANUARY 2, 1946. RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR, COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS.