World War II Honoree

Jack Dulberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Edward C. Baumgarten, Jr.

Relationship

Nephew

JOINED THE ARMY IN 1942, ASSIGNED TO THE 90TH DIVISION. LANDED IN FRANCE ON D-DAY. HANDLED THE WALKIE-TALKIES AND HELPED RECAPTURE THE TOWN OF METZ, FRANCE. CAPTURED BY THE GERMAN SS 1 WEEK BEFORE END OF WWII. SOME OF THE SOLDIERS FROM HIS UNIT WERE KILLED BUT NOT HIM AS THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GERMAN-AMERICAN BY HIS LAST NAME. HE WAS JEWISH. LIBERATED AT THE END OF THE WAR.