by Diana (Vaughn) Martini
Edwin Joseph Martini
Date of induction: January 22, 1944 (he was drafted at age 32, married with a five-year-old daughter at the time)
Date of entry into active service: February 12, 1944 (military assignment)
4 ½ months PVT (basic training, anti-aircraft, artillery (521)
Private First Class, in the European theater of operations for 18 months
Member of the 886th Ordnance Heavy Auto Maintenance Co., driving a 2.5 ton truck hauling supplies, equipment, and personnel and performing repairs and maintenance on vehicles
Discharge: Army of the United States honorable discharge given at Separation Center – Camp Atterbury, Indiana on April 18, 1946
Medals, decorations and citations:
Battles and Campaigns/Central Europe
American Theater Ribbon
EAME theater Ribbon with one bronze star, lapel button
Good Conduct Medal
WWII Victory Medal (issued October 8, 1947)
Epp was married to Cecilia Spille and had four children: Virginia, Edwin Jr., Diana, and Dale.