World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Frank W. Mulhall
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Paso Robles, California
Honored By
Jose & Silvia Valdez
ENTERED EUROPE IN 1942 FOR OPERATION OVERLORD, THE INVASION OF FRANCE. REMAINED IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND PRIOR TO D-DAY. JUNE 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, FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. THE 4TH ARMORED DIVISION. CONTINUED ITS PUSH THROUGH GERMANY AND INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MAY 1945, WHILE CROSSING A BRIDGE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HIS JEEP ROLLED OVER A LAND MINE. RECEIVED SEVERE WOUNDS TO HIS RIGHT ARM AND REMAINED IN AN ARMY HOSPITAL UNTIL 1947. RECEIVED BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL, FRENCH FOURRAGERE, PURPLE HEART.