Leon Burson Post 395 working in cooperation with Home Depot acquired
materials and arranged for the installation of a wheel chair ramp at the
home of WW II veteran Nick Schull Jr. Nick is a long time member of
Leon Burson Post 395 and was a long time business man in Plano
following his return to Plano at the conclusion of his military service.
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WW II
Enoch "Nick" Scull - Served in the U. S. Army with the 28th Infantry Division's
combat engineers and participated in the Normandy invasion in 1944. He and his's
unit fought in the liberation of France and on into Germany participating in the
Battle of the Battle of the Bulge, which was the largest battle fought on the
Western Front in Europe during WW II. While recruperating in an area
they thought to be safe he and others were captured by Germans.
Captured round Dec 25, 1944 he was held at three different camps until
they were liberated from Stalag IX-A by Gen. Patton's army on Good
Friday, March 30, 1945. The last camp, Berga Am Elster, was a slave
labor camp. While a POW he and others were marched through Germany
to a railroad area, put on a train without food or water. At the time they
were liberated Nick had lost 55 pounds. Nick received two purple heart medals.
WW II Continued
During WW II Plano had 323 men and women who served in the military.
That is approximately 17 percent of the town population at that time.
Of those 323, fifteen gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The list
of Gold Star comrades who gave their lives in the defense of our country
in World War II are: Paul R. Belli, Douglas L. Burson, Albert E. Comly,
Frank X. Daley, Virgil E. Dobbs, Robert F. Franklin, Arnold S. Jackson,
Donald R. Landis, Merrill V. Lee, Victor Lucas, Russell L. Mall, Samuel W.
McVicker, Fritz R. Sandberg, Glenn F. Seaton and Frank M. Zink.
Several were wonded and received a purple heart. Fritz Sandberg, Jr
served in the Army Air Force. After completing 47 missions over Europe,
he returned to Plano in April 1944. Just less than a year later, in
Harlingen, Texas, Fritz was killed in a plane accident during take-off in
March 1945. He was only 22 years old. Bill Lossman, son of Willy
Franz Emil Lossman, served in the Navy during WWII. First serving on a
repair ship, he transferred into the Air Corps. He served first in Alaska
before returning to Bremerton, WA. He was sent on a mission pulling a
target for