Leland Moshier

Leland A. Moshier was born on April 25, 1919, in Manhattan, KS. The second of ten children. He enlisted in the Army when World War II started and was on Omaha Beach on D-Day, Normandy, France. Moshier, was among the first group of young men drafted for one year of mandatory military service. He left Manhattan on Feb. 1, 1941, for basic training in North Carolina. The one year ended up five years. Moshier was attached to (Gen. George) Patton’s 15th Army. Moshier got to Bastogne, France just as the Air Force took over (in 1945). He met his future wife, Kathleen McNeill, in North Carolina, after his discharge from the military. They were married on September 12, 1946, in Manhattan, KS. He worked as a plumber and pipefitter in Manhattan and for several years. Leland was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Manhattan, and the American Legion and VFW in Manhattan. Courtesy of Legacy.com and The Mercury.