Wallace G Bischoff

Corporal Wallace Bischoff, prior to his enlistment in 1944, received special training with Grumman Aircraft Corp. in Diesel Engineering, eventually employed as an expert inspector at Roosevelt Field, NY. Upon his enlistment, Wallace was attached to the Infantry Division of the Army with Company D 41st Infantry Training Base (ITB). He received his basic training at Croft, SC. He was sent overseas and saw action with the 9th Division Infantry of the First Army. He went through Hertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, and on to Central Germany where he was fired upon by a German tank. A shell fell just behind him and he was knocked out of the fighting. Unconscious for 36 hours, he was picked up by plane and taken to a hospital in France. After his 5 week recuperation, Wallace was transferred to the 891st Ordnance at Bremerhaven. He was honorably discharged from Fort Dix, NJ in April, 1946. He received the award of Three Battle Stars and the Good Conduct Medal.