World War II Honoree

Luther E. Redgate

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waynoka, Oklahoma

Honored By

Albert J. Ostergaard

Relationship

Relative

CORPORAL. ENTERED SERVICE AS A PRIVATE JULY 31, 1944, CAMP WALTERS, TEXAS, NEAR MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. COMPLETED COMBAT BASIC TRAINING AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE ON APRIL 10, 1945. SERVED AS AN ARMY DISPATCHER WITH 185TH INFANTRY DIVISION, WHICH TOOK PART IN THE LIBERATION OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES AND THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. RECEIVED ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, PHILIPPINES LIBERATION CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD, ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL (JAPAN) AND WWII VICTORY RIBBON WITH TWO OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS. LEFT THE KOREAN THEATER JULY 14, 1946 AND RETURNED TO U.S. JULY 25, 1946. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS AUGUST 6, 1946.