World War II Honoree

Alvin Earl Aurand

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sycamore, Ohio

Honored By

Virginia L. Aurand

Relationship

Spouse

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 OF THE 168TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 34TH 'RED BULL' DIVISION OF THE U.S. FIFTH ARMY. SPENT WINTER OF 1944-1945 ON THE EDGE OF THE ALPS MOUNTAINS THEN IN THE SPRING PUSHED ON TO THE PO RIVER VALLEY REGION OF NORTHERN ITALY. AT THE WAR'S CONCLUSION, TRANSFERRED TO THE 351ST REGIMENT OF THE 88TH 'BLUE DEVIL' DIVISION OF THE U.S. FIFTH ARMY IN JULY OF 1945. UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN LATE 1945, SERVED AS A GUARD OF GERMAN PRISONERS. LEFT NAPLES, ITALY FOR NORFOLK ON NOVEMBER 30, 1945 AND RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT INDIAN TOWN GAP MILITARY POST, PENNSYLVANIA ON DECEMBER 13, 1945.