Melvin T. Adolphson
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Melvin T. Adolphson entered the U.S. Army in June, 1942. He attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Okla. and Camp Edwards and was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant with the 125th Field Artillery, 34th Division, Battery A. He served in Tunisia as forward artillery observer and served in Italy from the invasion at Salerno to the battle of Cassino and from the Anzio landing to the Gothro line and in the Po Valley. He later transferred to a mortar battery and was separated in January 1946.
