HQ Co., 273rd Field Art. Bn.
Co. L, 328th Inf. Reg., 26th Inf. Div.
3rd Army
ETO		    Pvt. Leroy Speelman
Londonderry, Penn.
Inducted 15 Novbember 1943
Discharged 1945

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Served in Europe
Ft. Meade, Md.
Ft. Bragg, NC
Camp Beale
Camp Miles Standish, Mass.
USS Wakefield (trans-Atlantic)
Whales, Eng.
France/Belgium/Lux.
Ardennes
Gen. Hopsital, Eng.
SS Queen Elizabeth
Moore Gen. Hospital, NC
Mr. Speelman worked in war industries including Fairchild Industries as a riviter on PBYs, National Jet Company, and Cumberland Steel Company. Orignially assigned to lay telephone wire in HQ Co. of the 273rd F.A. Bn. He landed in France and was soon tranferred as replacement to the 26th Inf. Div. He was detailed to Task Force Hamilton during some of the Ardennes battle before again joining 26th. Wounded on Jan. 3, 1945 in Ardennes.