World War II Honoree

George Reynolds Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Nashville, Tennessee

Honored By

Family

MEMBER OF TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD, CAVALRY HORSE SOLDIER, 1939. ENLISTED IN REGULAR ARMY 1941. ASSIGNED TO ICELAND AFTER TRAINING. REASSIGNED TO CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA WITH THE 83RD INFANTRY DIVISION FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING. SHIPPED TO ENGLAND, CONTINUED TRAINING FOR INVASION. LANDED 2ND WAVE AS PART OF 83RD HEADQUARTERS ATTACHMENT AS SERGEANT TO ASSIST WITH PRELIMINARY SET UP OF DIVISION. WOUNDED IN LEG IN HEDGEROW FIGHTING. FOUGHT IN BATTLES OF EUROPE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND GERMANY TO AUGUST1945. EARNED 3 BRONZE STARS, 2 PURPLE HEARTS, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON.