SERGEANT GUY WHIDDEN | AGE: (97) | RESIDES: BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, MD
UNITED STATES ARMY –101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION | 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY
Battles: Normandy (DDAY) |Northern France | Holland
SHORT BIOGRAPHY: GUY WHIDDEN grew up as a young boy in a military family in Pennsylvania. His father had fought in World War I. When the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, WHIDDEN heard about the news over the radio. Without a breath of hesitation, he decided to sign up for service. After graduating from high school just months before, WHIDDEN enlisted in February 1942 at 18 years old. On June 5, WHIDDEN joined the 101st Airborne Division on its mission to Normandy from England, in what would become known as D-Day. With a rifle strapped to his right leg and a prayer book in the left pocket of his fatigue jacket, he was the last paratrooper in line to parachute in the middle of the night onto French soil, where German soldiers were waiting. After several weeks in Normandy, the 101st went back to England, then prepared for another jump in Holland. After being severely wounded from mortar attacks in Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands, WHIDDEN was sent back stateside to recover and was discharged. After the war, WHIDDEN went on to become an elementary school teacher, marry and have two sons. Today, GUY WHIDDEN resides in Braddock Heights, Maryland.
UNITED STATES ARMY –101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION | 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY
Battles: Normandy (DDAY) |Northern France | Holland
SHORT BIOGRAPHY: GUY WHIDDEN grew up as a young boy in a military family in Pennsylvania. His father had fought in World War I. When the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, WHIDDEN heard about the news over the radio. Without a breath of hesitation, he decided to sign up for service. After graduating from high school just months before, WHIDDEN enlisted in February 1942 at 18 years old. On June 5, WHIDDEN joined the 101st Airborne Division on its mission to Normandy from England, in what would become known as D-Day. With a rifle strapped to his right leg and a prayer book in the left pocket of his fatigue jacket, he was the last paratrooper in line to parachute in the middle of the night onto French soil, where German soldiers were waiting. After several weeks in Normandy, the 101st went back to England, then prepared for another jump in Holland. After being severely wounded from mortar attacks in Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands, WHIDDEN was sent back stateside to recover and was discharged. After the war, WHIDDEN went on to become an elementary school teacher, marry and have two sons. Today, GUY WHIDDEN resides in Braddock Heights, Maryland.
SERGEANT GUY
WHIDDEN