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Herman Grant | WestEssexTribune.net | West Essex Tribune | Livingston's Community Newspaper
I like interesting obit of non-famous people who deserve attention. I knew Mr. Grant
he died in Dec 2019, 6 weeks shy of his 100th birthday.
At the young age of 12, and for the next ten years, Herman served in the Merchant Marine, commencing as a mess boy and then as a deckhand. During that time, he was torpedoed twice by German U-boats.
In 1942, after jumping ship in Brooklyn, New York, Herman joined the 99th Battalion, known as The Norwegian Ski Troops/ Special Forces. After training for two years at Camp Hale, Colorado, he participated in the invasion of Normandy, the Battles of Cherbourg, Caan, Falaise Pocket, and Canals in Holland, as well as the Battle of the Bulge.
From there, the 99th Battalion was sent to Norway for the German surrender. Herman was part of the troops that liberated Norway.
In Oslo, Norway, Herman met Karin Iverson at a USO dance. Married for 62 years, they began life in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Livingston in 1962.
I like interesting obit of non-famous people who deserve attention. I knew Mr. Grant
he died in Dec 2019, 6 weeks shy of his 100th birthday.
At the young age of 12, and for the next ten years, Herman served in the Merchant Marine, commencing as a mess boy and then as a deckhand. During that time, he was torpedoed twice by German U-boats.
In 1942, after jumping ship in Brooklyn, New York, Herman joined the 99th Battalion, known as The Norwegian Ski Troops/ Special Forces. After training for two years at Camp Hale, Colorado, he participated in the invasion of Normandy, the Battles of Cherbourg, Caan, Falaise Pocket, and Canals in Holland, as well as the Battle of the Bulge.
From there, the 99th Battalion was sent to Norway for the German surrender. Herman was part of the troops that liberated Norway.
In Oslo, Norway, Herman met Karin Iverson at a USO dance. Married for 62 years, they began life in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Livingston in 1962.
