S/Sgt Waldo Werft served during WWII as a Staff/Sgt. (T-3) with the Med. Detach, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Inf. Div.
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Werft was awarded The French Legion of Honor with two other Veterans on 12/19/2015 in Oro Valley, Arizona.
He courageously served in 6 campaigns, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge), Rhineland (Battle of Aachen) and Central Europe with the end of the war in Czechoslovakia. I received 2 Bronze Stars and the Combat Medical Badge.