World War II Honoree

Roy W. Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Canton, Ohio

Honored By

Charles H. Jacobs

Relationship

Former co-worker

SERVICE BEGAN AUGUST 4, 1942 AT FORT HAYES, OHIO. RECEIVED SIGNAL CORPS BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI. TOOK ADVANCED TRAINING AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY; CAMP MCCLAIN, MISSISSIPPI AND CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY. SAILED ABOARD THE SS EMPIRE RAPICE TO SCOTLAND, THEN TO ENGLAND, ASSIGNED TO 69TH SIGNAL BATTALION. LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE JUNE 25TH, 1944. WORKED WITH THE 80TH AND 90TH INFANTRY DIVISIONS THROUGH FONTAINEBLEAU AND REIMS, FRANCE. CROSSED THE RHINE AND DANUBE RIVERS THROUGH NURNBURG AND MUNICH INTO LENZ, AUSTRIA. SAILED FROM MARSEILLES ABOARD A LIBERTY SHIP AND ARRIVED IN BOSTON SEPTEMBER 17, 1945.