Minnesota Discovery Center

Thomas Isaac Saari, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:Private First Class. Company "I", 361st Infantry Regiment, 5th Army in Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley, in the Italian Campaign.
enlistment date:Sept. 16, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 4, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Presidential [nee Distinguished] Unit Citation (1941-)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action on July 2, 1944.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 277. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Nov. 11, 1906
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:Feb. 18, 1995
father:Andrew Saari
mother:Saima Saari (nee Perasaari)
siblings:Arvo Reno Tyyne
school:None

Last update: 10/19/2016