World War II Honoree

Robert A. Post

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Highland, New York

Honored By

Nancy J. Egan

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED MILITARY OCTOBER 1, 1942 AT ALBANY, NEW YORK. INTELLIGENCE AND RECONNAISSANCE (SCOUT), HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 124TH INFANTRY, 31ST DIXIE DIVISION. SPECIAL MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, 10TH MOUNTAIN LIGHT DIVISION. BASIC TRAINING, CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI; MANEUVERS, LOUISIANA; STAGING, CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA; SPECIAL TRAINING, CAMP A. P. HILL; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING AT CAMP BRADFORD, VIRGINIA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS MARYLAND; POINT OF EMBARKATION, CAMP PATRICK HENRY. BOARDED SS CAPE NEDDICK JANUARY 16, 1944. DEBARKED AT GOODENOUGH ISLAND FEBRUARY 21, 1944. COMBAT IN AITAPE, NEW GUINEA JULY 3, 1944. BEACHHEAD (WHITE BEACH) MOROTAI ISLAND, NETHERLANDS, EAST INDIES; SEPTEMBER 15, 1944. LANDED AT COTABATO, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES APRIL 1944. SAILED FOR STATES NOVEMBER 22, 1944 ABOARD USS GENERAL AULTMAN. PASSED BENEATH GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE DECEMBER 14, 1945. PROCESSED SAME DAY AT CAMP STONEMAN, CALIFORNIA AND SENT TO CAMP DIX, NEW JERSEY. AWARDED AMERICAN SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND BRONZE STAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 29, 1945.