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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert M. Penrose

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Goshen, Indiana

Relationship

Self

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS INDUCTED AT FORT BENJAMIN ON JULY 28, 1944 AND THEN WENT TO CAMP WOLTERS IN TEXAS FOR BASIC TRAINING. IN JANUARY 1945 WENT TO SOUTHERN FRANCE THEN UP TO NORTHERN FRANCE ON THE FRONT LINES. HE FOUGHT THERE ABOUT 6 WEEKS, WAS WOUNDED AND WENT TO ARMY HOSPITAL IN NANCY, FRANCE. HE RETURNED TO HIS UNIT ON V-DAY. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN JUNE 1946.