World War II Honoree

Roy L. Gish

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Henderson, Kentucky

Relationship

Self

ENLISTED DECEMBER 11,1939 AND WAS SENT TO BASIC TRAINING AT FT. WILLIAMS, MAINE. HE THEN WENT TO CAMP EDWARDS, MAINE UNTIL THE WAR BROKE OUT, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ASSIGNED TO AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY ON THE M.I.T. FOOTBALL FIELD IN CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS AS PART OF THE 68TH COAST ARTILLERY. EVENTUALLY HE WAS SENT TO CAMP KILMER, FT DIX, AND THEN SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO CASABLANCA AS PART OF THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. FROM THERE HE WENT TO ALGIERS AND THEN THE INVASION OF ITALY, INCLUDING ANZIO AND PALERMO, SICILY. FROM THERE INTO EUROPE IN MONTE CARLO AND NICE, FRANCE. THE END OF THE WAR FOUND HIM IN HEIDELBERG, GERMANY GUARDING SS TROOPS. RETURNING HOME, HE WAS DISCHARGED SEPTEMBER 6,1945, HAVING EARNED THE ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WW II VICTORY MEDAL AND THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL.