251681 Cpl. Delmas Esley Becker US Army Military Police 106th Infantry Division from:Jefferson County, Missouri My Great Grandfather Delmas Becker volunteered at 17, as soon as he had graduated high school. He served in North Africa, Sicily, Operation Dragoon, and St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge. He was one of the few from the 106th who weren't captured or killed during the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. He was a Military Policeman during the war and worked at Allied HQ at one point during his service. He crossed the Rhine and fought until the last days of the war. He then guarded German prisoners until early 1946 when he was honorably discharged.
|
