World War II Honoree

Charles Marion Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montrose, Colorado

Honored By

Marilyn Hill Moody

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED THE ARMY MARCH 23, 1943 IN DENVER, COLORADO. TRAINED AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA; IRON MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA AND FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI. SHIPPED OUT FROM TRENTON, NEW JERSEY ON THE QUEEN MARY TO EUROPE. TELEPHONE WIRE MAN AND SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR, TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE ASSIGNED TO CHARLIE BATTERY, 978TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 119TH FIELD ARTILLERY GROUP, NINETEENTH CORPS, FIRST ARMY AND LATER THE NINTH ARMY. ARRIVED OMAHA BEACH D-DAY PLUS 20. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, ENTERING COMBAT JUNE 26, 1944. CAMPAIGNS: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES-ALSACE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. MAJOR BATTLES: BATTLE OF THE BULGE, CRACKING OF THE ‘WEST WALL’, KNOWN AS THE ‘SIEGFRIED LINE’, BATTLE OF ST LO, FRANCE; ROER DAMS, CROSSED THE ROER AND RHINE RIVERS. SERVED WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN GERMANY AFTER ALL HOSTILITIES HAD CEASED. DECORATIONS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 5 BRONZE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL BUTTON. FOREIGN DECORATION: THE FRENCH JUBILEE MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 4, 1945 AT FORT LOGAN, COLORADO.