Waino R. Waisa

Waino R. Waisa was inducted into the Army on July 22, 1943, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Virginia, Minnesota.

He served as a Technician 5th Grade and railway car mechanic with Company B of the 712th Railway Operations Battalion in Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe.

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

Mr. Waisa was honorably discharged on February 21, 1946 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 335.

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