World War II Honoree

Robert C. Weed

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lansing, Michigan

Honored By

All His Family

CAPTAIN. COMBAT EXPERIENCES DURING THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA IN NOVEMBER 1942, THE WIDE OPEN TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN, EXTENSIVE ACTION AGAINST ROMMEL’S FAMOUS AFRIKA CORPS IN THE BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS AND THE FINAL VICTORY AT TUNIS. COMBAT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE U.S. 7TH ARMY IN THE ARDUOUS SICILIAN CAMPAIGN UNDER GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, WHICH SLUGS ITS WAY UP THE APENNINES MOUNTAINS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CAMPAIGN, HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. ON A ROTATION PROGRAM TO TRAIN FRESH TROOPS FOR THE FINAL OFFENSIVES AGAINST THE GERMANS AND THE JAPANESE. AT THE ENGINEER SCHOOL AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA HIS EXTENSIVE COMBAT EXPERIENCE SERVES IN THE TRAINING OF U.S. ARMY ENGINEER UNITS TO BECOME THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. AFTER 4 YEARS IN THE SERVICE, DURING WHICH HE WAS DECORATED WITH THE SILVER STAR MEDAL BY GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON AND ROSE TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN, HE RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN EARLY 1946.