World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Fred H. Grimm
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Troy, New York
Honored By
Mark E. Grimm
Relationship
Son
SERVED FROM JULY 1942 TO DECEMBER 1945. AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN, MILITARY POLICE, HE TRANSPORTED GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN U.S., ENGLAND AND FRANCE, CROSSING THE ATLANTIC EIGHT TIMES. AS ACTING SERGEANT OF THE GUARD, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AS MANY AS 14,000 PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE COMBAT ZONE OF CHERBOURG, FRANCE.