Leroy C. Schoenly

Leroy was a veteran of World War II. He was drafted and inducted into the Army at Fort Meade MD on 23 July 1943. He was a part of the Normandy Invasion and was wounded in the Seine River in 1944. Leroy was awarded a Purple Heart and discharged in January 1947. He resided in the Perkiomen Valley.

The story that follows was a first hand account from Leroy Schoenly.Â