World War II Honoree

Elmer F. Phillips

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

Sandra Phillips Jewell

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED FEBRUARY 18, 1941. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 4, 1945. RADIO OPERATOR 767. WOUNDED IN FRANCE, JULY 1944; GERMANY, NOVEMBER 1944; AND GERMANY, FEBRUARY 1945. SERVED AS MILITARY POLICE ESCORT. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: SOUTHERN FRANCE, NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. MEDALS AND RIBBONS: GOOD CONDUCT, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EXPERT IN PISTOL AND MACHINE GUN, SHARPSHOOTER OF RIFLE, PURPLE HEART, 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, BRONZE STAR, SILVER STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, WWII VICTORY AND AMERICAN DEFENSE.