World War II Honoree

Frank W. Mulhall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Paso Robles, California

Honored By

Mr. Thomas J. Gonzalez

ENTERED EUROPE IN 1942 TO TAKE PART IN 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 AND GERMANY AND INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA. SERVED UNDER GENERAL PATTON AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. THE FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION CONTINUED IT'S 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 THE FOLLOWING HONORS: BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL, FRENCH FOURRAGERE AND THE PURPLE HEART.