Soldier Details

Division:

Army
Co. B 21st Armored Infantry Battalion

Highest Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Nov 5, 1942 - Nov 30, 1945

Honored By:

Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

Staff Sergeant (Dr.) Dale Dean's experiences in WWII read like an excerpt from a textbook. After enlisting following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dean took an incredible journey across Europe, through the Battle of the Bulge, to a newly liberated concentration camp in Austria and nearly into the Pacific before the war finally ended. For more information go to 'hdnews.net' and click on the 'voices' icon to hear my story.