World War II Honoree

Rudolph Arthur Wuttke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Relationship

Self

ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 15, 1943 AT CAMP PERRY, OHIO. 4 WEEKS OF BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI. ATTENDED RADIO REPAIRMAN SCHOOL AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. SHIPPED FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK JULY 16, 1943. CHANGED SHIP AT GREENOCK, SCOTLAND. ARRIVED REYKJAVIK, ICELAND AUGUST 4, 1943. ASSIGNED TO 826TH SIGNAL SERVICE CO AS TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH REPAIRMAN. SAILED FROM REYKJAVIK, ICELAND SEPTEMBER 20, 1944. CHANGED SHIP AT GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. SAILED ON QUEEN MARY TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK, ARRIVING OCTOBER 8, 1944. SAILED FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ON DECEMBER 29, 1944. ARRIVED AT REYKJAVIK, ICELAND JANUARY 6, 1945. ASSIGNED TO SAME COMPANY AND LOCATION AS PREVIOUSLY. SAILED FROM REYKJAVIK ICELAND ON AUGUST 6, 1945. LANDED IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. TOOK TRAIN TO SOUTHERN ENGLAND. SAILED FROM SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND ON QUEEN ELIZABETH. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AUGUST 31, 1945. ASSIGNED TO CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI AND FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND. SEPARATED FROM SERVICE AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND ON DECEMBER 9, 1945. ATTAINED RANK OF TECHNICIAN 3RD GRADE.