World War II Honoree

Robert E. Fiebig

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lansing, Michigan

Honored By

Rosemary Lang Fiebig

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY ON MAY 13, 1943 AS AN AVIATION CADET AND COMPLETED HIS TRAINING UNTIL 1944 WHEN HIS CLASS WAS CUT BACK AND WAS DISCHARGED. REENLISTED IN THE U. S. ARMY ON DECEMBER 14, 1944. HIS BASIC TRAINING AS ANTITANK GUN CREWMAN WAS AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. ATTENDED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT ON AUGUST 17, 1945. ASSIGNED AS INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER AS PART OF OCCUPATIONAL FORCE IN KOREA AND DISCHARGED IN 1946.