WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Orlyn Jacobson

Entered Service: February 1941

Branch of Service: Army (Infantry)

Trained at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana; Fort Custer, Michigan; Texas City, Texas; Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Overseas: April 1942.

Theatre of Operation: European.

Engagements:  Algiers land and Tunisia. 

Medals Earned: Purple Heart.

Returned to U.S.:  December 1943.

Rank: Staff Sergeant

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