World War II Honoree

Walter Cholawsky

Hometown

Christna, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ms. Mary Kelly

On the Anzio Beachhead, two soldiers were carrying him on a stretcher; bombs were going off all around them. Despite him telling the two to leave him there, with reassurances of being all right, they would not leave his side. The doctor operated immediately. He had a kidney attack and was sent home.