World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Richard O. Winn
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Guild, New Hampshire
Honored By
Paul A. Frederickson
STATIONED AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA; CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI AND CAMP IRON MOUNTAIN IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT, BEFORE DEPARTING FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE IN MARCH 1944. STATIONED AT EXETER, ENGLAND PRIOR TO THE INVASION OF FRANCE. SERVED AS CORPORAL IN BATTERY A, 941ST FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, ATTACHED TO THE V CORPS, 1ST U.S. ARMY. LANDED IN FRANCE, JUNE 1944 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES OF NORMANDY, THE FALAISE GAP, THE HUERTGEN FOREST AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART (FOR A SERIOUS SHRAPNEL WOUND TO THE BACK, RECEIVED FROM GERMAN ARTILLERY FIRE NEAR MONSCHAU, GERMANY ON DECEMBER 18, 1944), DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. THIS WOUND LED TO HIS EARLY RETURN TO THE U.S. AND A LONG PERIOD OF RECUPERATION.