World War II Honoree

Frank W. Mulhall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Paso robles, California

Honored By

Glenn & Donna Beckley

ENTERED EUROPE IN 1942, WHERE TROOPS WERE MASSING FOR OPERATION OVERLORD, THE INVASION OF FRANCE. REMAINED IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, PRIOR TO D-DAY. IN JUNE OF 1944 LANDED AT UTAH BEACH, ON A JOURNEY THAT COVERED 11 MONTHS OF COMBAT THROUGH FRANCE, GERMANY AND INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA. DECEMBER 1944, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL PATTON, HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. WHILE CROSSING A BRIDGE INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HIS JEEP ROLLED OVER A LAND MINE. RECEIVED SEVERE WOUNDS TO HIS RIGHT ARM AND REMAINED IN AN ARMY HOSPITAL UNTIL 1947. RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING HONORS: BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL, FRENCH FOURRAGERE AND THE PURPLE HEART.