World War II Honoree

Robert Alva Moore, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sevierville, Tennessee

Honored By

Arthur Moore

Relationship

Son

INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY IN NOVEMBER 1943. HIS UNIT WAS SENT TO CENTRAL TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, NEW YORK AND TO ENGLAND. HE DROPPED A RIFLE ON HIS FOOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS UNIT SHIPPED OUT. HE MISSED THEIR PULLING OUT AND IN TURN WAS SENT TO ITALY. SENT TO THE ARNO VALLEY IN THE WINTER OF 1944 AND CAMPED AT MONTOPOLI VAL D'ARNO. HE AND SOME OTHER G.I.'S WENT TO THE TOWER OF PISA AND RANG THE BELLS IN THE TOWER WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE WAR WAS OVER. LATER, HE WAS STATIONED IN NAPLES OUT PROCESSING SOLDIERS AND HANDLING PRISONERS WHEN HE MET MARIA CICERONE, AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN A FEW WEEKS. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.