Mervin Figenbaum was transferred overseas to Europe to take an active part in the fighting in Europe. He landed at Normandy (Utah Beach). He joined the 3rd U.S.
Army, commanded by General George S. Patton. Mervin was a Combat Engineer Specialist. Normandy was his first campaign. Next he was on the Rhineland Campaign; then the Ardennes Campaign,
better known as the "Battle of the Bulge"; then not the least was the Central Europe Campaign. After being wounded, the doctors at the Evacuation Hospital in Germany told him that he had million dollar wounds and they were sending him
home. He arrived back in the United States during the summer of 1945.
