WWII & Korean War Veteran
First Special Service Force
3rd Company - 2nd Regiment
Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Anderson) Lindholm, born in Holmquist, South Dakota.
Joined the army in June, 1936, was stationed at Fort Meade with the 4th Calvary, later transferred to Camp Crooke, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana where he joined the First Special Service Force.
Gus served in the Aleutians and later deployed to Italy.
He was wounded twice and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
On March 14, 1944, Gus Lindholm, was presented with the Silver Star.
Awarded the Silver Star for his "outstanding courage and loyalty to a comrade" near Mount Majo, Italy on January 9, 1944. One of Lindholm's fellow soldiers had been shot by a sniper in a foxhole, Lindholm voluntarily entered the area under heavy fire, improvised a litter and brought him out to safety.
After the First Special Service Force disbanded in France in December 1944, Gus joined the 474th Infantry and served in Germany and Norway.
After the war he was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and then went to Fort Benning, Georgia where he graduated from paratroop schooling in December 1946.
Gus Lindholm later served in Korea patrolling the 28th parallel and afterwards served in Japan.
Gus was injured twice during jumps, his head injuries led to his early demise in 1953 at Camp White, Oregon as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Survived by his adopted son Jack, five sisters and three brothers, several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his parents and brother Harry.
In July 2013, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded, collectively, to the First Special Service Force in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
On February 3, 2015 surviving FSSF Veterans were in Washington DC to accept this momentous recognition on behalf of their fellow Forcemen who could not be there.
First Special Service Force
3rd Company - 2nd Regiment
Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Anderson) Lindholm, born in Holmquist, South Dakota.
Joined the army in June, 1936, was stationed at Fort Meade with the 4th Calvary, later transferred to Camp Crooke, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana where he joined the First Special Service Force.
Gus served in the Aleutians and later deployed to Italy.
He was wounded twice and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
On March 14, 1944, Gus Lindholm, was presented with the Silver Star.
Awarded the Silver Star for his "outstanding courage and loyalty to a comrade" near Mount Majo, Italy on January 9, 1944. One of Lindholm's fellow soldiers had been shot by a sniper in a foxhole, Lindholm voluntarily entered the area under heavy fire, improvised a litter and brought him out to safety.
After the First Special Service Force disbanded in France in December 1944, Gus joined the 474th Infantry and served in Germany and Norway.
After the war he was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and then went to Fort Benning, Georgia where he graduated from paratroop schooling in December 1946.
Gus Lindholm later served in Korea patrolling the 28th parallel and afterwards served in Japan.
Gus was injured twice during jumps, his head injuries led to his early demise in 1953 at Camp White, Oregon as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Survived by his adopted son Jack, five sisters and three brothers, several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his parents and brother Harry.
In July 2013, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded, collectively, to the First Special Service Force in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
On February 3, 2015 surviving FSSF Veterans were in Washington DC to accept this momentous recognition on behalf of their fellow Forcemen who could not be there.
WWII & Korean War Veteran
First Special Service Force
3rd Company - 2nd Regiment
Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Anderson) Lindholm, born in Holmquist, South Dakota.
Joined the army in June, 1936, was stationed at Fort Meade with the 4th Calvary, later transferred to Camp Crooke, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana where he joined the First Special Service Force.
Gus served in the Aleutians and later deployed to Italy.
He was wounded twice and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
On March 14, 1944, Gus Lindholm, was presented with the Silver Star.
Awarded the Silver Star for his "outstanding courage and loyalty to a comrade" near Mount Majo, Italy on January 9, 1944. One of Lindholm's fellow soldiers had been shot by a sniper in a foxhole, Lindholm voluntarily entered the area under heavy fire, improvised a litter and brought him out to safety.
After the First Special Service Force disbanded in France in December 1944, Gus joined the 474th Infantry and served in Germany and Norway.
After the war he was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and then went to Fort Benning, Georgia where he graduated from paratroop schooling in December 1946.
Gus Lindholm later served in Korea patrolling the 28th parallel and afterwards served in Japan.
Gus was injured twice during jumps, his head injuries led to his early demise in 1953 at Camp White, Oregon as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Survived by his adopted son Jack, five sisters and three brothers, several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his parents and brother Harry.
In July 2013, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded, collectively, to the First Special Service Force in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
On February 3, 2015 surviving FSSF Veterans were in Washington DC to accept this momentous recognition on behalf of their fellow Forcemen who could not be there.
First Special Service Force
3rd Company - 2nd Regiment
Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Anderson) Lindholm, born in Holmquist, South Dakota.
Joined the army in June, 1936, was stationed at Fort Meade with the 4th Calvary, later transferred to Camp Crooke, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana where he joined the First Special Service Force.
Gus served in the Aleutians and later deployed to Italy.
He was wounded twice and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
On March 14, 1944, Gus Lindholm, was presented with the Silver Star.
Awarded the Silver Star for his "outstanding courage and loyalty to a comrade" near Mount Majo, Italy on January 9, 1944. One of Lindholm's fellow soldiers had been shot by a sniper in a foxhole, Lindholm voluntarily entered the area under heavy fire, improvised a litter and brought him out to safety.
After the First Special Service Force disbanded in France in December 1944, Gus joined the 474th Infantry and served in Germany and Norway.
After the war he was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and then went to Fort Benning, Georgia where he graduated from paratroop schooling in December 1946.
Gus Lindholm later served in Korea patrolling the 28th parallel and afterwards served in Japan.
Gus was injured twice during jumps, his head injuries led to his early demise in 1953 at Camp White, Oregon as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Survived by his adopted son Jack, five sisters and three brothers, several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his parents and brother Harry.
In July 2013, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded, collectively, to the First Special Service Force in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
On February 3, 2015 surviving FSSF Veterans were in Washington DC to accept this momentous recognition on behalf of their fellow Forcemen who could not be there.
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