World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jesus Guerrero Franco
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Oxnard, California
Honored By
Richard E. Manzer
ENLISTED JANUARY 1942, RIGHT AFTER PEARL HARBOR. WENT TO CAMP ROBERTS FOR BASIC TRAINING. WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 198TH REGIMENT, 7TH DIVISION IN ATTU, ALASKA. THE 198TH WAS THEN SENT TO FORT BENNING AND THE REGIMENT TRAINED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) STUDENTS. AT THIS TIME, HIS COMPANY COMMANDER WAS THE SON OF GENERAL EISENHOWER. THE 198TH WAS SENT TO ENGLAND IN 1943 AND WAS REASSIGNED TO THE 71ST DIVISION, LANDING AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY PLUS THREE (JUNE 9, 1944). WAS PART OF A 30-CALIBER MACHINE GUN TEAM AND WAS THE MACHINE GUNNER WITH THE 198TH IN AUSTRIA BY THE TIME THE WAR ENDED .