ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1942 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HEAVY TRUCK DRIVER (931) AND ASSIGNED TO THE 351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 88TH ‘BLUE DEVIL' INFANTRY DIVISION. DEPARTED THE U.S. WITH HIS UNIT ON NOVEMBER 12, 1943 BOUND FOR NORTH AFRICA AND THE INVASION OF ITALY. FOUGHT IN ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED BY ENEMY ACTION ON OCTOBER 25, 1944. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON OCTOBER 25, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION POINT, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1942 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HEAVY TRUCK DRIVER (931) AND ASSIGNED TO THE 351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 88TH ‘BLUE DEVIL' INFANTRY DIVISION. DEPARTED THE U.S. WITH HIS UNIT ON NOVEMBER 12, 1943 BOUND FOR NORTH AFRICA AND THE INVASION OF ITALY. FOUGHT IN ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED BY ENEMY ACTION ON OCTOBER 25, 1944. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON OCTOBER 25, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION POINT, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1942 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HEAVY TRUCK DRIVER (931) AND ASSIGNED TO THE 351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 88TH ‘BLUE DEVIL' INFANTRY DIVISION. DEPARTED THE U.S. WITH HIS UNIT ON NOVEMBER 12, 1943 BOUND FOR NORTH AFRICA AND THE INVASION OF ITALY. FOUGHT IN ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED BY ENEMY ACTION ON OCTOBER 25, 1944. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON OCTOBER 25, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION POINT, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1942 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF HEAVY TRUCK DRIVER (931) AND ASSIGNED TO THE 351ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 88TH ‘BLUE DEVIL' INFANTRY DIVISION. DEPARTED THE U.S. WITH HIS UNIT ON NOVEMBER 12, 1943 BOUND FOR NORTH AFRICA AND THE INVASION OF ITALY. FOUGHT IN ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED BY ENEMY ACTION ON OCTOBER 25, 1944. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON OCTOBER 25, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION POINT, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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