Ernest Sadler

Personal Information

Birthplace: Ramona, KS

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army Air Corps

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Sep 7, 1940

Discharged: Sep 30, 1943

Highest Rank: Tech Sergeant

Honored By: The Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

Ernest Sadler was born on a farm south of Ramona, KS in 1914. He attended the Ramona schools, graduating from High School with the class of 1933. Sadler was on the basketball team and an apt athlete. After graduation, he remained on the farm until a few months before entering the service. Sadler went to Milwaukee, WI and worked for his brother in a restaurant. September, 1940 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, joining at Milwaukee and going to Tampa, FL for basic training, then to Maryland for 3 months mechanical schooling. Sadler returned to Tampa and in June, 1942 he went overseas to England. His next assignment in December was in Africa as part of the invasion forces. His work involved furnishing flyers ammunition for battle in North Africa, the invasion of Italy, Sicily and other Islands. In September of 1943, Sadler was send to New York City to the hospital for treatment of an ulcer. His medical discharge followed near the end of the year. Courtesy of the Dickinson County Heritage Center and Museum.