World War II veteran Donald Whitaker, who served in

World War II veteran Donald Whitaker, who served in the Army from 1943 to 1946, holds a display case July 16, 2020, with the medals he earned during the war while visiting the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Whitaker, of Elk Grove, Wis., and originally from DuPage County, Ill., made his first visit to Fort McCoy after having left 75 years earlier. When he left the Army, he was Technician Fifth Grade Donald Whitaker and was a bandsman with the 86th Infantry Division Band. Whitaker had served in the European theater of the war in Austria and Germany as well as the Pacific theater in the Philippines. He served for 2 1/2 years in various other support roles as well. (U.S. Army by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)