World War II Honoree

Francis Edward David

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fair Haven, Michigan

Honored By

Ronald & Gale Meiselbaugh

DRAFTED JULY 10, 1941. HONORABLE DISCHARGE OCTOBER 9, 1945. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. TRAINED AS FIELD MEDIC AND LAB TECHNICIAN. SHIPPED TO ENGLAND IN FEBRUARY 1944. ASSIGNED ORIGINALLY AS A FIELD MEDIC ATTACHED TO THE 101ST AIRBORNE AND WAS TRAINED TO BE DEPLOYED FROM A GLIDER ASSAULT. TRANSFERRED FROM THE GLIDERS PRIOR TO INVASION AND WAS REASSIGNED TO A FIELD HOSPITAL AS A LAB TECHNICIAN. LANDED AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY PLUS FOUR. SERVED WITH THE FIELD HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. PROVIDED CARE FOR OCCUPANTS OF SEVERAL CONCENTRATION CAMPS, INCLUDING BUCHENWALD, AND FOUND HIMSELF IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT END OF WAR CARING FOR WOUNDED RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND EUROPEAN SERVICE MEDAL WITH FIVE BRONZE STARS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED SEPTEMBER 1945.