World War II Honoree

Robert Roylee Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Texarkana, Texas

Honored By

Christine M. Young Crate

Relationship

Niece

ARMY RESERVE AND AT BEGINNING OF THE WAR WAS INDUCTED INTO REGULAR ARMY. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND WAS SCHOOLED IN ORDNANCE AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON. WOUNDED IN LANDING AT NAPLES, ITALY AND WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL THERE, IT WAS BOMBED. THE PATIENTS WHO COULD NOT BE EVACUATED TO SHELTERS, WERE PUT UNDER THEIR BEDS. SENT TO HOSPITAL IN TUNIS IN NORTH AFRICA; FROM THERE TO HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND THEN TO HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE ARMY.