World War II Honoree

Raymond Clement Connole

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

DeWitt, Iowa

Honored By

Raymond J. Connole

Relationship

Son

IOWA NATIONAL GUARD, 1941. CALLED UP FOR ACTIVE DUTY DURING PEACE TIME CALL UP 1941. STATIONED AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA; FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA; 1941 IN FIELD ARTILLERY. PARTICIPATED IN NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, NOTABLY THE BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS, INVASION OF SICILY AND ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS. SERVED IN ENGLAND BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN NORMANDY INVASION JUNE 1944. LANDED 8TH WAVE ON OMAHA BEACH. SERVED IN FRANCE, BELGIUM OPERATIONS. A MEMBER OF RELIEF OPERATION OF BASTOGNE DURING BATTLE OF THE BULGE. ENTERED GERMANY IN 1945 WITH 69TH FIELD ARTILLERY AND STOPPED AT ELBE RIVER BEFORE PULL BACK. DISCHARGED 1945 HONORABLY CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI.