World War II Honoree

Walter Hardy Mills

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Raleigh, North Carolina

Honored By

Ann Grant, A. Hardy Mills, Blakeley Q. Mills, T. John Mills

Relationship

Daughter & Sons

SERVED WITH THE 91ST INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED IN NORTH AFRICA APRIL 1944. FIRST SAW ACTION AT ANZIO; REMAINED IN COMBAT UNTIL GERMAN SURRENDER MAY 1945. THEN WENT ON TACTICAL ALERT IN NORTHEAST ITALY TO STOP ENEMY FROM OCCUPYING TRIESTE. MY UNIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ORDERED FOR THE EVENTUAL INVASION OF JAPAN. THE ATOMIC BOMB THE WAR ENDED BEFORE THE INVASION BECAME NECESSARY.