World War II Honoree

Riley Graybeal Cornett

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bel Air, Maryland

Honored By

Deborah Ann Cornett Amedoro

Relationship

Daughter

MY FATHER WAS IN AN AMMUNITION COMPANY. HE WAS WITH THE COMPANY THAT SET UP THE FIRST AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINT IN NORMANDY. HE AND HIS COMPANY FOLLOWED THE FRONT LINES WITH THE AMMUNITION SUPPLY THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY. WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER IN GERMANY, HE CAME BACK TO ANTWERP BELGIUM AND LOADED AMMUNITION ON SHIPS THAT WERE HEADED TO JAPAN. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON THE POINT SYSTEM ON DECEMBER 23, 1945 AND ARRIVED BACK IN THE STATES TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND.