WORLD WAR II HERO, A TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT, AND ONE OF THOSE MEN WHO GAVE THE TERM "THE GREATEST GENERATION" IT'S MEANING.
CAPT. EDWARD C. ARN
COMPANY COMMANDER CO F
119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
2ND BATTALION
30TH INFANTRY DIVISION
AFTER WWII, THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING INFANTRY DIVISION IN EUROPE. THE 30TH WAS THE "WORK HORSE OF THE WESTERN FRONT".
THE 30TH DIVISION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS "OLD HICKORY DIVISION" AND WAS GIVEN THAT NAME BY AXIS SALLY "HITLER'S SS TROOPS".
ED ARN WAS A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER IN OHIO. AS AN ALUMNI, ED WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALUMNI AFFAIRS AT WOOSTER AND RECEIVED MUCH RECOGNITION.
EDWARD C. ARN, A HIGHLY DECORATED INFANTRY CAPTAIN, RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR WITH CLUSTER; PURPLE HEART WITH CLUSTER; BRONZE STAR; COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE; WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL; GOOD CONDUCT BADGE; AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN BADGE WITH FIVE CLUSTERS.
CAPT. ED ARN WROTE A MEDAL OF HONOR RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS 1ST LT. RAY O. BEAUDOIN OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. ED RECOGNIZED RAY'S LEADERSHIP AND ACTIONS THAT RAY HAD TAKEN IN FIGHTING IN HAMELIN, GERMANY. RAY'S 2ND PLATOON WAS PINNED DOWN BY INTENSE ENEMY FIRE. RAY PROCEEDED TO WIPE OUT A THREE-MAN SNIPER NEST, ALL ALONE, AND CONTINUED TO ADVANCE AGAINST A MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT. IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING OUT THE MACHINE GUN, RAY WAS KILLED. HIS INDIVIDUAL HEROISM ALLOWED HIS 2ND PLATOON TO ADVANCE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAMELIN. MANY MONTHS LATER, RAY'S PARENTS NOTIFIED ED ARN THAT RAY HAD BEEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY, IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME TO HOLYOKE'S WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING FOR THE CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY LT. GEN. OSCAR W. GRISWOLD OF WASHINGTON, DC. THE FAMOUS MEDAL'S RIBBON WAS PLACED AROUND WILLIAM BEAUDOIN'S NECK. HE WAS RAY'S FATHER. RAY IS BURIED IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. DURING THE KOREAN WAR, A US NAVY TROOPSHIP WAS NAMED THE "RAYMOND BEAUDOIN" AND CARRIED MEN TO THE KOREAN THEATER OF WAR.
AFTER THE WAR ED BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MULTIPLE VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS AND A MUCH SOUTH-AFTER FIGURE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS IN WOOSTER, OHIO. HIS COMMUNITY AND STATE HONORED HIM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, MOST NOTABLY BY INDUCTING HIM INTO THE OHIO VETERANS HALL OF FAME IN 2003. HE WAS ALSO IN THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATED AND ATTENDED MANY OF THEIR REUNIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
ED WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ARN'S WAR" MEMOIRS OF A WORLD WAR II INFANTRYMAN, 1940 - 1946 AND EDITED BY JEROME MUSHKAT.
ED LIVED IN WOOSTER, OHIO WITH HIS WIFE PATRICIA AND HAD SIX CHILDREN.
IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE KNOWN ED ARN! MY FATHER, PFC. DONALD ARMSTRONG FAGGART WAS IN ED'S COMPANY AND IN 1ST. LT. RAY BEAUDOIN'S 2ND PLATOON, CO F, 119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION. MY FATHER OFTEN SAID THAT RAY BEAUDOIN WAS THE BRAVEST MAN HE HAD EVER SEEN AND WAS AFRAID OF NOTHING. RAY HAD BEEN A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND PLATOON AND WAS GIVEN A BATTLE FIELD COMMISSION FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND BRAVERY. PVT. FAGGART DIED IN 1996 AND IS BURIED IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY, CONCORD, CABARRUS COUNTY, NC.
CAPT. EDWARD C. ARN
COMPANY COMMANDER CO F
119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
2ND BATTALION
30TH INFANTRY DIVISION
AFTER WWII, THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING INFANTRY DIVISION IN EUROPE. THE 30TH WAS THE "WORK HORSE OF THE WESTERN FRONT".
THE 30TH DIVISION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS "OLD HICKORY DIVISION" AND WAS GIVEN THAT NAME BY AXIS SALLY "HITLER'S SS TROOPS".
ED ARN WAS A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER IN OHIO. AS AN ALUMNI, ED WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALUMNI AFFAIRS AT WOOSTER AND RECEIVED MUCH RECOGNITION.
EDWARD C. ARN, A HIGHLY DECORATED INFANTRY CAPTAIN, RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR WITH CLUSTER; PURPLE HEART WITH CLUSTER; BRONZE STAR; COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE; WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL; GOOD CONDUCT BADGE; AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN BADGE WITH FIVE CLUSTERS.
CAPT. ED ARN WROTE A MEDAL OF HONOR RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS 1ST LT. RAY O. BEAUDOIN OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. ED RECOGNIZED RAY'S LEADERSHIP AND ACTIONS THAT RAY HAD TAKEN IN FIGHTING IN HAMELIN, GERMANY. RAY'S 2ND PLATOON WAS PINNED DOWN BY INTENSE ENEMY FIRE. RAY PROCEEDED TO WIPE OUT A THREE-MAN SNIPER NEST, ALL ALONE, AND CONTINUED TO ADVANCE AGAINST A MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT. IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING OUT THE MACHINE GUN, RAY WAS KILLED. HIS INDIVIDUAL HEROISM ALLOWED HIS 2ND PLATOON TO ADVANCE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAMELIN. MANY MONTHS LATER, RAY'S PARENTS NOTIFIED ED ARN THAT RAY HAD BEEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY, IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME TO HOLYOKE'S WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING FOR THE CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY LT. GEN. OSCAR W. GRISWOLD OF WASHINGTON, DC. THE FAMOUS MEDAL'S RIBBON WAS PLACED AROUND WILLIAM BEAUDOIN'S NECK. HE WAS RAY'S FATHER. RAY IS BURIED IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. DURING THE KOREAN WAR, A US NAVY TROOPSHIP WAS NAMED THE "RAYMOND BEAUDOIN" AND CARRIED MEN TO THE KOREAN THEATER OF WAR.
AFTER THE WAR ED BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MULTIPLE VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS AND A MUCH SOUTH-AFTER FIGURE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS IN WOOSTER, OHIO. HIS COMMUNITY AND STATE HONORED HIM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, MOST NOTABLY BY INDUCTING HIM INTO THE OHIO VETERANS HALL OF FAME IN 2003. HE WAS ALSO IN THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATED AND ATTENDED MANY OF THEIR REUNIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
ED WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ARN'S WAR" MEMOIRS OF A WORLD WAR II INFANTRYMAN, 1940 - 1946 AND EDITED BY JEROME MUSHKAT.
ED LIVED IN WOOSTER, OHIO WITH HIS WIFE PATRICIA AND HAD SIX CHILDREN.
IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE KNOWN ED ARN! MY FATHER, PFC. DONALD ARMSTRONG FAGGART WAS IN ED'S COMPANY AND IN 1ST. LT. RAY BEAUDOIN'S 2ND PLATOON, CO F, 119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION. MY FATHER OFTEN SAID THAT RAY BEAUDOIN WAS THE BRAVEST MAN HE HAD EVER SEEN AND WAS AFRAID OF NOTHING. RAY HAD BEEN A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND PLATOON AND WAS GIVEN A BATTLE FIELD COMMISSION FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND BRAVERY. PVT. FAGGART DIED IN 1996 AND IS BURIED IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY, CONCORD, CABARRUS COUNTY, NC.
WORLD WAR II HERO, A TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT, AND ONE OF THOSE MEN WHO GAVE THE TERM "THE GREATEST GENERATION" IT'S MEANING.
CAPT. EDWARD C. ARN
COMPANY COMMANDER CO F
119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
2ND BATTALION
30TH INFANTRY DIVISION
AFTER WWII, THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING INFANTRY DIVISION IN EUROPE. THE 30TH WAS THE "WORK HORSE OF THE WESTERN FRONT".
THE 30TH DIVISION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS "OLD HICKORY DIVISION" AND WAS GIVEN THAT NAME BY AXIS SALLY "HITLER'S SS TROOPS".
ED ARN WAS A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER IN OHIO. AS AN ALUMNI, ED WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALUMNI AFFAIRS AT WOOSTER AND RECEIVED MUCH RECOGNITION.
EDWARD C. ARN, A HIGHLY DECORATED INFANTRY CAPTAIN, RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR WITH CLUSTER; PURPLE HEART WITH CLUSTER; BRONZE STAR; COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE; WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL; GOOD CONDUCT BADGE; AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN BADGE WITH FIVE CLUSTERS.
CAPT. ED ARN WROTE A MEDAL OF HONOR RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS 1ST LT. RAY O. BEAUDOIN OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. ED RECOGNIZED RAY'S LEADERSHIP AND ACTIONS THAT RAY HAD TAKEN IN FIGHTING IN HAMELIN, GERMANY. RAY'S 2ND PLATOON WAS PINNED DOWN BY INTENSE ENEMY FIRE. RAY PROCEEDED TO WIPE OUT A THREE-MAN SNIPER NEST, ALL ALONE, AND CONTINUED TO ADVANCE AGAINST A MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT. IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING OUT THE MACHINE GUN, RAY WAS KILLED. HIS INDIVIDUAL HEROISM ALLOWED HIS 2ND PLATOON TO ADVANCE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAMELIN. MANY MONTHS LATER, RAY'S PARENTS NOTIFIED ED ARN THAT RAY HAD BEEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY, IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME TO HOLYOKE'S WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING FOR THE CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY LT. GEN. OSCAR W. GRISWOLD OF WASHINGTON, DC. THE FAMOUS MEDAL'S RIBBON WAS PLACED AROUND WILLIAM BEAUDOIN'S NECK. HE WAS RAY'S FATHER. RAY IS BURIED IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. DURING THE KOREAN WAR, A US NAVY TROOPSHIP WAS NAMED THE "RAYMOND BEAUDOIN" AND CARRIED MEN TO THE KOREAN THEATER OF WAR.
AFTER THE WAR ED BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MULTIPLE VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS AND A MUCH SOUTH-AFTER FIGURE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS IN WOOSTER, OHIO. HIS COMMUNITY AND STATE HONORED HIM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, MOST NOTABLY BY INDUCTING HIM INTO THE OHIO VETERANS HALL OF FAME IN 2003. HE WAS ALSO IN THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATED AND ATTENDED MANY OF THEIR REUNIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
ED WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ARN'S WAR" MEMOIRS OF A WORLD WAR II INFANTRYMAN, 1940 - 1946 AND EDITED BY JEROME MUSHKAT.
ED LIVED IN WOOSTER, OHIO WITH HIS WIFE PATRICIA AND HAD SIX CHILDREN.
IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE KNOWN ED ARN! MY FATHER, PFC. DONALD ARMSTRONG FAGGART WAS IN ED'S COMPANY AND IN 1ST. LT. RAY BEAUDOIN'S 2ND PLATOON, CO F, 119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION. MY FATHER OFTEN SAID THAT RAY BEAUDOIN WAS THE BRAVEST MAN HE HAD EVER SEEN AND WAS AFRAID OF NOTHING. RAY HAD BEEN A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND PLATOON AND WAS GIVEN A BATTLE FIELD COMMISSION FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND BRAVERY. PVT. FAGGART DIED IN 1996 AND IS BURIED IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY, CONCORD, CABARRUS COUNTY, NC.
CAPT. EDWARD C. ARN
COMPANY COMMANDER CO F
119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
2ND BATTALION
30TH INFANTRY DIVISION
AFTER WWII, THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING INFANTRY DIVISION IN EUROPE. THE 30TH WAS THE "WORK HORSE OF THE WESTERN FRONT".
THE 30TH DIVISION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS "OLD HICKORY DIVISION" AND WAS GIVEN THAT NAME BY AXIS SALLY "HITLER'S SS TROOPS".
ED ARN WAS A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER IN OHIO. AS AN ALUMNI, ED WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALUMNI AFFAIRS AT WOOSTER AND RECEIVED MUCH RECOGNITION.
EDWARD C. ARN, A HIGHLY DECORATED INFANTRY CAPTAIN, RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR WITH CLUSTER; PURPLE HEART WITH CLUSTER; BRONZE STAR; COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE; WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL; GOOD CONDUCT BADGE; AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN BADGE WITH FIVE CLUSTERS.
CAPT. ED ARN WROTE A MEDAL OF HONOR RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS 1ST LT. RAY O. BEAUDOIN OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. ED RECOGNIZED RAY'S LEADERSHIP AND ACTIONS THAT RAY HAD TAKEN IN FIGHTING IN HAMELIN, GERMANY. RAY'S 2ND PLATOON WAS PINNED DOWN BY INTENSE ENEMY FIRE. RAY PROCEEDED TO WIPE OUT A THREE-MAN SNIPER NEST, ALL ALONE, AND CONTINUED TO ADVANCE AGAINST A MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT. IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING OUT THE MACHINE GUN, RAY WAS KILLED. HIS INDIVIDUAL HEROISM ALLOWED HIS 2ND PLATOON TO ADVANCE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAMELIN. MANY MONTHS LATER, RAY'S PARENTS NOTIFIED ED ARN THAT RAY HAD BEEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY, IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME TO HOLYOKE'S WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING FOR THE CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY LT. GEN. OSCAR W. GRISWOLD OF WASHINGTON, DC. THE FAMOUS MEDAL'S RIBBON WAS PLACED AROUND WILLIAM BEAUDOIN'S NECK. HE WAS RAY'S FATHER. RAY IS BURIED IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS. DURING THE KOREAN WAR, A US NAVY TROOPSHIP WAS NAMED THE "RAYMOND BEAUDOIN" AND CARRIED MEN TO THE KOREAN THEATER OF WAR.
AFTER THE WAR ED BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MULTIPLE VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS AND A MUCH SOUTH-AFTER FIGURE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS IN WOOSTER, OHIO. HIS COMMUNITY AND STATE HONORED HIM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, MOST NOTABLY BY INDUCTING HIM INTO THE OHIO VETERANS HALL OF FAME IN 2003. HE WAS ALSO IN THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATED AND ATTENDED MANY OF THEIR REUNIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
ED WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ARN'S WAR" MEMOIRS OF A WORLD WAR II INFANTRYMAN, 1940 - 1946 AND EDITED BY JEROME MUSHKAT.
ED LIVED IN WOOSTER, OHIO WITH HIS WIFE PATRICIA AND HAD SIX CHILDREN.
IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE KNOWN ED ARN! MY FATHER, PFC. DONALD ARMSTRONG FAGGART WAS IN ED'S COMPANY AND IN 1ST. LT. RAY BEAUDOIN'S 2ND PLATOON, CO F, 119TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION. MY FATHER OFTEN SAID THAT RAY BEAUDOIN WAS THE BRAVEST MAN HE HAD EVER SEEN AND WAS AFRAID OF NOTHING. RAY HAD BEEN A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND PLATOON AND WAS GIVEN A BATTLE FIELD COMMISSION FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND BRAVERY. PVT. FAGGART DIED IN 1996 AND IS BURIED IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY, CONCORD, CABARRUS COUNTY, NC.
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