Dr. Max Eagelfeld

Dr. Max S. Eagelfeld is a veteran of the European Theater in World War II.

Dr. Eagelfeld served as a medic with the U.S. Army, 12th Armored Division, 82nd Armored Medical Battalion from 1944-1945, which took part in the liberation of the French region of Alsace-Lorraine and Western Germany. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Medical Badge, the European Africa Middle East Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Dr. Eagelfeld’s medical unit received a Meritorious Service Plaque. 

After the War, Dr. Eagelfeld served as the 82nd Armored Medical Battalion Unit Representative and was editor of the Battalion’s column in the Division Newsletter, the Hellcat News, which is still published in 2019.

In 2014, Dr. Eagelfeld was named the 12th Armored Division “Hellcat of the Year,” and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the soldiers of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion for service in the 82nd Armored Medical Battalion. 

On May 11, 2018, Dr. Eagelfeld received a Knighthood in the French Legion of Honor by the French Consul-General in New York for aiding in the liberation of the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.

Dr. Eagelfeld has lived in New York State for his entire 95 years, and has been a resident of the Town of Mamaroneck with his wife, Naomi, for over 50 years. He has given numerous talks and shared his accounts and stories with schools and military history groups about his experiences during World War II.