World War II Honoree

Alvin Earl Aurand

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sycamore, Ohio

Honored By

Virginia L. Aurand

Relationship

Widow

DRAFTED ON MAY 11, 1944 AND REPORTED TO BASIC TRAINING IN HEAVY WEAPONRY AT FORT BLANDING IN FLORIDA IN THE SUMMER OF 1944. ON OCTOBER 14, 1944, LEFT NEW YORK CITY FOR ITALY LANDING AT LEGHORN NEAR FLORENCE ON OCTOBER 29, 1944. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY I, 168TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 34TH (RED BULL) DIVISION, 5TH ARMY. SPENT WINTER OF 1944-1945 ON THE EDGE OF THE ALPS. IN THE SPRING, PUSHED ON TO THE PO RIVER VALLEY REGION OF NORTHERN ITALY. AT THE WAR'S CONCLUSION, TRANSFERRED TO 351ST REGIMENT, 88TH (BLUE DEVIL) DIVISION, 5TH ARMY IN JULY OF 1945. UNTIL DISCHARGE IN LATE 1945, SERVED AS A GUARD OF GERMAN PRISONERS. LEFT NAPLES, ITALY FOR NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ON NOVEMBER 30, 1945 AND RECEIVED HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT INDIAN TOWN GAP MILITARY POST, PENNSYLVANIA ON DECEMBER 13, 1945.