World War II Honoree

Joseph W. Amorello, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Honored By

Jeanie Broders

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS, MAY 1944 TO DECEMBER 1945. 415TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 104TH DIVISION. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING IN TYLER, TEXAS. THEN TRAVELED FROM FORT DIX TO ENGLAND. TRAVELED BY SHIP TO LE HAVRE, FRANCE AND THEN WENT TO ESCHWEILER, GERMANY. WOUNDED AND SENT TO THE 103RD EVACUATION HOSPITAL IN BERGHEIM, GERMANY, MARCH 20, 1945. AFTER DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL WAS SEPARATED FROM UNIT AND SENT TO OKINAWA TO SERVE IN WAR THERE. HOWEVER, THE WAR THERE HAD ALSO ENDED AND AFTER THREE MONTHS WAS SENT HOME. DECORATIONS INCLUDE THE PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL AND BRONZE STAR.