World War II Honoree

William M. Pitcher

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Winchester, Indiana

Honored By

Linda Beth Pitcher

Relationship

Daughter

WORKED IN PERSONNEL SECTION. SERVED AS BASIC INFANTRYMAN AND RIFLEMAN. IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WAS A DRAFTSMAN. AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HE WORKED TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD AND WAS A GENERAL CLERK. HE WAS STATIONED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WAS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER UNDER GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. WENT IN AFTER BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA IN OCCUPIED JAPAN. RECEIVED VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, BRONZE BATTLE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL, JAPAN.