T/5 Edward H-U-S-N-I served in 1st Squad, 3d Platoon, C-Company, 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. Born in New Jersey on March 6th, 1926, he grew up in Jersey City and had quite the social scene being dubbed his classes “Woman Hater” (??) in his yearbook superlatives. He voluntarily enlisted March 10th 1944 just 4 days after turning 18. Upon completion of basic, he was stationed at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin and upon movement orders East, staged at Camp Miles Standish with the 385th for their voyage across the Atlantic in the S.S. Sea Owl on Thanksgiving Day 1944. The 385th crossed the English Channel and landed at Le Harve, France on January 12th, 1945. His platoon entered in to combat in mid-February on the Siegfried Line between Luxembourg and Germany. He raced through Germany with the 76th until V-E Day where he served on Occupation Duty near Zwickau. The 76th was deactivated in August 31st and he was then transferred to Bolbec, France where he served as a guard at a German PW camp.
Upon returning home, Edward graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Pharmacy, was married in 1956, and opened up his on pharmacy which he would retire from in the 1970s. He and his wife had two daughters and he passed away in 2013 at the age of 87.
This uniform was purchased directly from his son and remains in untouched condition. Of particular interest is the dog tag chain stitched around the mighty Onaway and ADSEC patches.
Thanks for looking and thank you Edward for your service and sacrifice 🇺🇸
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