World War II Honoree

Robert Willie Baker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wolfe City, Texas

Honored By

Sondra Baker Roseborough

Relationship

Daughter

HE VOLUNTEERED ABOUT 1940, AFTER WHICH HE WAS STATIONED IN CHEYENNE,WYOMING WITH THE DUTY OF TRAINING RECRUITS. AFTER A TIME SERVING IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN FLORA, MISSISSIPPI, HE WAS SHIPPED OUT OF CAMP SHANKS,NEW YORK TO ENGLAND IN LATE 1943. HE WAS WITH AN ORDNANCE UNIT, BUT SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICE BRIEFLY, WHILE IN ENGLAND. HIS COMPANY WAS SENT TO FRANCE WHERE THEY ENTERED ON OMAHA BEACH. AFTER D-DAY THEY TRAVELED TO CHERBOURG, FRANCE TO GET THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEN TO PARIS, FRANCE TO SET UP AN ORDNANCE DEPOT AT AN UNUSED RACE TRACK. HE SERVED THERE UNTIL LATE SUMMER OF 1945, WHEN HE WAS SHIPPED BACK TO THE US. HIS RANK WHILE SERVING WAS A STAFF SERGEANT.