World War II Honoree

Lynn Barnett

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

Family & Friends

Relationship

WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY AND HE JOINED IN NEW YORK CITY AND WENT BY LIBERTY SHIP TO AFRICA. HE THEN WENT UP THROUGH ITALY AND ENDED UP IN AUSTRIA. HE JOINED THE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS AS A STAFF SERGEANT AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE INVESTIGATORS TRAINING SCHOOL, HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT. HE SERVED IN ITALY AND WHEN THE FIRST ALLIED TROOPS ENTERED ROME, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS TEAM WHICH ENTERED AS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST VEHICLES IN COMBAT WITH OUR ALLIED TANKS IN ORDER TO GAUGE THE TEMPER OF THE THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS TO BE ENCOUNTERED AND TO LEARN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHAT SECURITY PROBLEMS THEY WOULD PRESENT TO THE RAPID ADVANCE OF THE THOUSANDS OF ALLIED TROOPS MASSED ON ALL SIDES FOR THEIR IMMINENT ENTRANCE TO THE ETERNAL CITY. HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL.