World War II Honoree

Hubert Lee Muylle

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hendrix, Oklahoma

Honored By

Connie Lee Henderson

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN U.S. ARMY FROM DECEMBER 18, 1936 TO DECEMBER 17, 1945. ASSIGNED TO 104TH INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED IN FRANCE IN SEPTEMBER 1944 AND MOVED INTO WUUSTWEZEL, BELGIUM. LIBERATED ZUNDERT, HOLLAND, AND ETTEN-LEUR. CAPTURED ZEVENBERGEN AND MAAS RIVER. MOVED NEAR AACHEN, GERMANY, PUSHING ON AGAINST HEAVY RESISTANCE. TOOK STOLBER AND ESCHWEILER, CLEARING ENEMY FROM WEST OF INDE RIVER. HELD LUCHERBERG AND CAPTURED STRONGHOLDS WEST OF ROER RIVER. DEFENDED DUREN AND MERKEN AND CROSSED ROER TAKING HUCHEM-STAMMELN, BIRKESDORF AND NORTH DUREN. DEFENDED WEST BANK OF RHINE IN COLOGNE, CROSSED RIVER AT BAD-HONNEF AND ATTACKED EAST OF REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD. BEGAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST RUHR POCKET, REPULSED HEAVY ATTACKS NEAR MEDEBACH, AND CAPTURED PADERBORN. CROSSED WESER RIVER, BLOCKED ENEMY EXITS FROM HARZ MOUNTAINS. CROSSED SAALE RIVER AND TOOK HALLE IN A BITTER STRUGGLE. WAR ENDED MAY 8, 1945. DISCHARGED AS MASTER SERGEANT. AWARDED BRONZE STAR MEDAL, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH GERMANY CLASP AND COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE. SERVED IN U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE AND U.S. AIR FORCE FROM DECEMBER 18, 1945 TO MAY 1, 1967. RETIRED AS HIGHLY DECORATED CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.