World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Fouse Nicodemus
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert Kenneth Dudley
Relationship
Grandson
INDUCTED JUNE 16, 1942. SEPARATED OCTOBER 15, 1945. ATTENDED ARMAMENT SCHOOL FOR 13 WEEKS AT LOWRY FIELD, COLORADO. DEPARTED U.S. ON FEBRUARY 2, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN SCOTLAND ON FEBRUARY 8, 1944. DEPARTED SCOTLAND ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1945 AND ARRIVED IN U.S. ON OCTOBER 3, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 495TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 344TH BOMB GROUP. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY POWER TURRET AND GUN SIGHT MECHANIC 678. MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS, U.S. RIFLE CARBINE .30 CALIBER MKM 43. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS, AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE, NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS INCLUDE THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH 6 BRONZE SERVICE STARS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1945 (AR 615-365 15). AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY: DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL (JANUARY 29, 2004) AND ENGRAVED ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE (MAY 20, 2004).