World War II Honoree

Tandy Reese Mims

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Clanton, Alabama

Honored By

Granddaughter

HE LEFT THE U.S. DECEMBER 1943 AND ARRIVED IN ITALY IN JANUARY 1944. HE SPENT 54 DAYS IN LIRI VALLEY. IN JUNE OF 1944, HE MARCHED THROUGH ROME AND FOUGHT IN THE FRONT IN FLORENCE. FOUGHT WITH THE FRENCH FIRST ARMY NEAR BELFORT GAP IN NOVEMBER OF 1944 AND TOWARD THE END OF NOVEMBER LEFT THE FRENCH FIRST ARMY AND WENT WITH THE 3RD AND 7TH ARMIES. IN DECEMBER OF 1944, HE FOUGHT IN GERMANY. ON MAY 7, 1945 HE RECEIVED ORDERS TO CEASE FIRING BECAUSE THE GERMANS HAD SURRENDERED. IN SEPTEMBER 1945, HE WAS PLACED IN THE 17TH RECONNAISSANCE AT NUREMBERG, GERMANY. IN OCTOBER OF 1945, HE LEFT GERMANY TO GO TO A STAGING AREA IN FRANCE. AT THE END OF OCTOBER OF 1945, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 103RD ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION AND ON NOVEMBER 20, 1945 HE BOARDED THE SS BARDSTOWN VICTORY, TO RETURN TO THE U.S.