WEIDNER-ALBERT
ALBERT GERHARDT WEIDNER

Rate/Rank
SF2C
SF2C
Service Branch
USN 7/1943 - 6/1944
Speciality
UDT
Born
02/15/1922
ILLINOIS

UDT-7
BRONZE STAR W/COMBAT 'V'
PURPLE HEART
“WEIDNER FEARLESSLY SWAM CLOSE TO SHORE TO DESTROY UNDERWATER OBSTACLES AND SURVEY REEF CONDITIONS TO FACILITATE THE EXPEDITIOUS LANDING OF COMBAT ROOPS ON THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED BEACH…BY HIS DARING AGGRESSIVENESS AND COOL COURAGE IN THE FACE OF GRAVE PERIL, HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR OPERATIONS AGAINST THIS VITAL JAPANESE STRONGHOLD”