World War II Honoree

Robert B. Clemens

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pulaski, New York

Honored By

Hilda Lorraine Clemens

Relationship

Wife

AFTER BASIC TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO 42ND INFANTRY 'RAINBOW' DIVISION. LEFT FOR EUROPE AND LANDED IN ALSACE, FRANCE, THEN DONAU, CROSSED THE RHINE, ON TO WORMS, WURZBERG, FRANKFORT AND FURTHBERG. JUMPED INTO SHELL HOLE, INJURED FOOT, WENT TO HOSPITAL IN ALPINE AND ENDED UP WITH JAUNDICE FOR 9 WEEKS. AWARDS INCLUDE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR 2ND DIVISION, AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBONS AND BRONZE STAR. SERVED SEPTEMBER 10, 1943 TO APRIL 21, 1946.