Memorial Day
The Cadman Park Conservancy remembers our dear friend World War II Veteran Norman Wasserman.
Photo: Brooklyn WWII veteran and writer Norman Wasserman
Written by Mary Frost for the Brooklyn Eagle
“Brooklyn Heights resident Norman Wasserman, a decorated WWII veteran known for his poise, intelligence and joie de vivre, passed away on September 4. He was 96.
Drafted as a teenager, Wasserman shipped to Europe and joined the 286th Field Artillery Observation Battalion in General George S. Patton’s Third Army in 1944. American soldiers took the brunt of a furious six-week German assault during the coldest winter on record in Luxembourg. Winston Churchill described the Battle of the Bulge as “the greatest American battle of the war.”
Photo: WWII veteran and writer Norman Wasserman and his wife Tatyana in front of the BWM