World War II Honoree

Robert F. Fear

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oblong, Illinois

Honored By

Wallace J. Layne

Relationship

13th Armored Division Comrade

JOINED THE 13TH ARMORED BLACK CAT DIVISION AT CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO ANTI-TANK PLATOON, C COMPANY, 59TH ARMORED INFANTRY AS RIFLEMAN, RADIOMAN. LANDED IN LE HAVRE, FRANCE IN JANUARY 1945. ADVANCE WITH C COMPANY THROUGH FRANCE, GERMANY AND INTO AUSTRIA WHERE THE WAR IN EUROPE ENDED FOR THE BLACK CATS IN MAY 1945.