Stanley Dennis

Corporal Stanley Dennis was employed as a guard at Ranger Aircraft Engines prior to his induction at Camp Upton, NY. He completed his basic training at Fort Custer in MI with the 477 Military Police Escort Guard. Initially, Stanley served at the POW Camp at Tonkawa, OK before being transferred to the 66th Infantry Division at Camp Rucker, AL. He deployed for overseas service in England in 1944. On Christmas Eve, he was torpedoed in the English Channel, 2 1/2 hours from Cherbourg, France, where he was hospitalized. Following his release from the hospital, Stanley was assigned to the 296 Military Police Co. at Namur, Belgium for duty in France, Begium, and Berlin, Germany. After a furlough in Switzerland, he was attached to the 101st Airborne Division. Corporal Dennis was awarded the American Medal, the European-African Middle Eastern Service Medals, the Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge and Purple Heart Medals. In 1945, Stanley was discharged from Fort Dix, NJ.