World War II Honoree

George Frederick Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lingle, Wyoming

Honored By

Nancy Hill Zimmerer

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JUNE 3, 1942 AT FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN AIR BASE, CHEYENNE, WYOMING. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WALTERS, TEXAS. ASSIGNED TO THE 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION. COMPLETED AIRBORNE TRAINING AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS; JUNGLE AND AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING IN LOUISIANA; SKI TRAINING IN MCCOY, WISCONSIN; WINTER MANEUVERS, WATERSMEET, MICHIGAN. SENT TO IRELAND FOR 6 MONTHS. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND BECAME MACHINE GUN SQUAD LEADER WITH THE 23RD INFANTRY, 2ND DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY INVASION AT OMAHA BEACH. FOUGHT THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, BATTLE OF THE BULGE. GUARDED PRISONERS OF WAR AT REIMS, FRANCE. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN SEPTEMBER 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER 1945. AWARDED PURPLE HEART WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, BRONZE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.