John Joseph Yeshe

John Joseph Yeshe was inducted into the Army on March 22, 1944, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Hibbing, Minnesota.

He served as a Technician 4th Grade and cook with Headquarters Company of the 752nd Railway Operating Battalion in Rhineland and Central Europe.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal, and two overseas service bars.

Mr. Yeshe was honorably discharged on April 11, 1946, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project, 346.

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