World War II Honoree

Samuel Zatcoff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Samuel Zatcoff

Relationship

self

SERVED WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER JOE THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS. WITH THE 10TH FIELD HOSPITAL OF THE U.S. ARMY. THEY DROVE AMBULANCES, CARRIED LITTERS WITH WOUNDED SOLDIERS, TRANSPORTED EQUIPMENT, COOKED AND BAKED AS PART OF THEIR DUTIES. THEY WERE PART OF THE INVASION OF SICILY. THEY BAKED ON A BOAT, THE USS SANTA ELENA, WENT OVER TO AFRICA. THEY RETURNED FROM THE WAR TOGETHER AND BOTH WENT BACK TO WORK AT THE FAMILY BAKERY.