World War II Honoree

Joseph Zatcoff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Samuel Zatcoff

SERVED WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER SAM 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.