World War II Honoree

Roy Frank Louis Hahn

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Louis, Missouri

Honored By

Kathleen Winkler

Relationship

Daughter

ROY WAS SENT FROM JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MO ON 1/8/42 TO CAMP ROBERTS, CA FOR BASIC TRAINING. HE BECAME CORPORAL OF THE TRAINING CADRE FOR TWO YEARS. THE TRAINING WAS CHANGED FROM A RIFLE COMPANY TO AN ANTI-TANK COMPANY WITH 105 MM HOWITZERS. ROY WAS SHIPPED ON 2/1/44 WITH A T CO 102 INFANTRY TO NEW CALIDONIA IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE WAS MOVED TO ESPRITO SANTOS ISLAND AND AND THEN TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WHERE HE HELPED RUN THE JUNGLE SCHOOL. HE WAS SHIPPED TO OKINAWA AND HELPED SECURE THE ISLAND FOR THE US. ROY WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 12/29/45.