World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Columbus Woolwine
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Roanoke, Virginia
Honored By
Family
PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. SERVED WITH THE 125TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, 13TH CAVALRY. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL ASSIGNMENT: 2 MONTHS, PRIVATE 1ST CLASS, 12 MONTHS AS RIFLEMAN 745, 9 MONTHS AS LIGHT TANK CREWMAN 1736. ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 18, 1943. SEPARATED DECEMBER 7, 1945 AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND. OPERATED AS A MEMBER OF A LIGHT TANK MOUNTED ASSAULT GUN CREW. DROVE A VEHICLE AND HANDLED AMMUNITION FOR 75MM GUN; ASSISTED IN CLEANING AND MAKING MINOR REPAIRS. CAMP BOWIE, CAMP HOOD, TEXAS; CAMP LIVINGSTON AND CAMP POLK, LOUISIANA; 3 LARGE-SCALE LOUISIANA MANEUVERS. SERVED UNDER COLONEL BIDDLE; TRAINED FOR LONG DISTANCE RECONNAISSANCE. TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND FOR FURTHER TRAINING IN PREPARATION OF THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY. LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE IN THE D-DAY INVASION. RED HORSE CAVALRY, SAW ACTION IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, D-DAY INVASION AND THE HEDGEROWS AT ST. LO. RECEIVED 3 WRITTEN COMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMANDING GENERALS. INJURED WITH SHRAPNEL WOUNDS IN HIS HAND.