World War II Honoree

Harold Reeves Moore

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Old Washington, Ohio

Honored By

Self

SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY, 3599TH TRUCKING COMPANY AND 44TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED OCTOBER 15, 1942 AND WAS DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 16, 1945. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP POLK, LOUISIANA. WAS THEN STATIONED IN CALIFORNIA AND FROM THERE SHIPPED BY TRAIN TO CAMP MYLES STANDISH, MASSACHUSETTS. SHIPPED TO ENGLAND, THEN ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO NORMANDY BEACH, FRANCE. JOINED THE 44TH INFANTRY DIVISION AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. ADVANCED THROUGH BELGIUM, GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND THE AUSTRIAN ALPS. WHEN THE 19TH GERMAN ARMY SURRENDERED TO THE 44TH INFANTRY DIVISION ON MAY 5, 1945 WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER WITH PASSAGE THROUGH THE U.S. WITH A 30-DAY FURLOUGH, HOME FOR RECUPERATION AND THEN BOARDED THE QUEEN ELIZABETH ON JULY 15, 1945 WITH 18,000 OTHER SOLDIERS. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK ON JULY 20, 1945. WAS THERE WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN AND ALLIED VICTORY WAS DECLARED. WAS THEN SENT TO FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS AND DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 16, 1945.