Benjamin Hunsicker

Personal Information

Birthplace: Morland, Ks

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: Tech 5

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Aug 25, 1944

Discharged: Oct 30, 1946

Military Honors: Asian Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Independence Ribbon, Bronze Star

Honored By: The Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

Benjamin Francis Hunsicker “Francis” was born December 17, 1924 on a farm one mile east of Morland, KS. He was educated in the Morland School system, graduating high school with the class of 1943. On August 25, 1944 he joined the United States Army and proudly served during World War II as a heavy machine gunner in the Ryukyu Islands campaign known as “Iceberg”. The purpose of the strategic initiative was to gain control of Okinawa, the largest of the Islands, as a part of a greater plan to establish key strongholds in the Pacific and force Tokyo’s surrender. Hunsicker was discharges October 30, 1946 and returned home to marry hi fiancée Mildred Bell. They had three children and made a life with farming. Courtesy of www.tribute.com