World War II Honoree

Roy Bailey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sitka, Alaska

Honored By

Doris Bailey

Relationship

Wife

DRAFTED AT 17. BOOT CAMP AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA TO FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. SHIPPED OVER TO EUROPE IN LARGE CONVOY. SAT ON SHIP AT SOUTH HAMPTON, ENGLAND AND CROSSED THE CHANNEL LANDING AT LE HAVRE AS REPLACEMENTS IN GENERAL HODGES DIVISION GUARD. FOUGHT MANY SKIRMISHES FROM LE HAVRE, NORTH THROUGH FRANCE AS THE ALLIES PUSHED TOWARD BERLIN. AS FAR AS WIESBADEN, GERMANY WHERE WOUNDED AND EVACUATED TO ENGLAND. REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION, NEVER CORRECTED. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL.