World War II Honoree

Robert Wesley Duke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Heiberger, Alabama

Honored By

The Robert W. Duke Family

1943 ATTENDED SPECIAL TASK FORCE STAFF SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED BY GEORGE C. MARSHALL. ASSISTED IN THE PLANNING OF THE INVASION OF EUROPE IN HEADQUARTERS, OPERATION OVERLORD. G3 IN CHARGE OF JOINT AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, CONDUCTED DETAILED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANNEL CROSSING OPERATIONS. G4 HEADQUARTERS, ADVANCE SECTION OF EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS; PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED THE OPENING OF THE CHERBOURG PORT AND THE OPENING OF LOGISTICAL LINES OF COMMUNICATION. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY AS ASSISTANT G3, SEVENTH CORPS. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. G3, 83RD THUNDERBOLT DIVISION, PLANNED AND CONDUCTED COMBAT OPERATIONS FROM THE EDGE OF GERMANY TO BERLIN. G3, FIFTH CORPS. PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING AND DEACTIVATION OF WWII UNITS. RETIRED AS A BRIGADIER GENERAL IN 1967.