World War II Honoree

Waldo P.Wennerberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Kerkhoven, Minnesota

Honored By

Ms. Hazel Wennerberg

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY, MARCH 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1945, SPENDING 2 YEARS OVERSEAS. TANK COMMANDER IN THE 743RD TANK BATTALION, ATTACHED AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO THE 1ST AND 9TH DIVISIONS IN EUROPE. TOOK PART IN THE D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION OF EUROPE ON JUNE 6, 1944, FOLLOWED BY A YEAR IN COMBAT THROUGHOUT FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. EXPERIENCED THE HORROR OF STRAFING BY AMERICAN PLANES MISTAKENLY DROPPING MISSILES ON THEIR OWN GROUND FORCES. HIS TANK WAS TWICE KNOCKED OUT OF ACTION BY ENEMY FIRE AND HE FOUGHT IN THE BITTER COLD AND SNOWS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS FOR HIS COURAGEOUS AND HEROIC ACTIONS DURING COMBAT.