World War II Honoree

John Michael Galione

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bristol, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ms. Mary Galione-Nahas

Relationship

Daughter

EUROPEAN THEATER FROM OCTOBER 1944 TO DECEMBER 1945. CAUSED A LINE OF TANKS IN AACHEN TO RETREAT WHEN HE DESTROYED THE LEAD TANK WITH A SINGLE BAZOOKA ROUND. EARNED THE BRONZE STAR. WOUNDED AT THE RHINE. SINGLE HANDEDLY TOOK ENEMY NEST PRISONERS, INCLUDING A GERMAN OFFICER AT ROER RIVER. EARNED THE BRONZE STAR WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER. DISCOVERED MITTELBAU DORA CONCENTRATION CAMP AND PRISONERS. UNCOVERED THE WORLD'S FIRST BALLISTIC MISSILE; HITLER'S SECRET V-2 WEAPON, ITS CREATORS, SECRET FACTORY AND SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS HIDDEN IN CAVES, LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF SEVERAL AREA CAMPS, INCLUDING BUCHENWALD AND BOELCKE-KASERNE, NORDHAUSEN DEATH CAMP.