Ernest "Tiny" was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, on January 7, 1922. He was the son of Jennie (Lee) and Ernest Redfern. He was married to Lennabelle Gracia.
He worked for 47 years at Sweet Life Foods Corp., and retired in 1987 as a supervisor.
He was an Army private first class in World War II. He served in the North African, Mediterrean, and European theaters. He was a driver for war correspondents assigned to the Sixth Army Group press camp at the front in Germany and France in 1944-45.
One of his passengers in the Mediterranean theater was the famed Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain.
Redfern was highly commended by Brig. Gen. Tristram Tupper of Sixth Army Headquarters in 1945 for driving thousands of miles in all types of weather and frequently under enemy fire.
He also served in a 12-man honor guard at the burial of 38 French Resistance fighters and two U. S. infantrymen killed in the battle for Besancon, France. He received the Victory Medal.
He served in the 104th Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard in 1947-50.
He died on March 13, 1995.
He worked for 47 years at Sweet Life Foods Corp., and retired in 1987 as a supervisor.
He was an Army private first class in World War II. He served in the North African, Mediterrean, and European theaters. He was a driver for war correspondents assigned to the Sixth Army Group press camp at the front in Germany and France in 1944-45.
One of his passengers in the Mediterranean theater was the famed Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain.
Redfern was highly commended by Brig. Gen. Tristram Tupper of Sixth Army Headquarters in 1945 for driving thousands of miles in all types of weather and frequently under enemy fire.
He also served in a 12-man honor guard at the burial of 38 French Resistance fighters and two U. S. infantrymen killed in the battle for Besancon, France. He received the Victory Medal.
He served in the 104th Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard in 1947-50.
He died on March 13, 1995.
Ernest "Tiny" was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, on January 7, 1922. He was the son of Jennie (Lee) and Ernest Redfern. He was married to Lennabelle Gracia.
He worked for 47 years at Sweet Life Foods Corp., and retired in 1987 as a supervisor.
He was an Army private first class in World War II. He served in the North African, Mediterrean, and European theaters. He was a driver for war correspondents assigned to the Sixth Army Group press camp at the front in Germany and France in 1944-45.
One of his passengers in the Mediterranean theater was the famed Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain.
Redfern was highly commended by Brig. Gen. Tristram Tupper of Sixth Army Headquarters in 1945 for driving thousands of miles in all types of weather and frequently under enemy fire.
He also served in a 12-man honor guard at the burial of 38 French Resistance fighters and two U. S. infantrymen killed in the battle for Besancon, France. He received the Victory Medal.
He served in the 104th Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard in 1947-50.
He died on March 13, 1995.
He worked for 47 years at Sweet Life Foods Corp., and retired in 1987 as a supervisor.
He was an Army private first class in World War II. He served in the North African, Mediterrean, and European theaters. He was a driver for war correspondents assigned to the Sixth Army Group press camp at the front in Germany and France in 1944-45.
One of his passengers in the Mediterranean theater was the famed Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain.
Redfern was highly commended by Brig. Gen. Tristram Tupper of Sixth Army Headquarters in 1945 for driving thousands of miles in all types of weather and frequently under enemy fire.
He also served in a 12-man honor guard at the burial of 38 French Resistance fighters and two U. S. infantrymen killed in the battle for Besancon, France. He received the Victory Medal.
He served in the 104th Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard in 1947-50.
He died on March 13, 1995.
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