World War II Honoree

Robert W. Warren

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Tonawanda, New York

Honored By

G.H. King

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 25, 1943 AT TONAWANDA, NEW YORK. ENTERED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP EDWARDS, MASSACHUSETtS. BEFORE COMPLETING BASIC WAS ASSIGNED TO ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY UNIT AT DIFFERENT CAMP ON CAPE COD. REASSIGNED IN SUMMER, 1944 TO EUROPE AS SERGEANT, WEAPONS PLATOON, COMPANY F, 2ND BATTALION, 318TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 80TH DIVISION, THIRD ARMY. JOINED UNIT SHORTLY AFTER IT LANDED IN FRANCE. FOUGHT ACROSS FRANCE. UNIT SUFFERED SEVERE LOSSES IN SEILLE RIVER CROSSING. DISABLED WITH FROZEN FEET NEAR SAARBRUCKEN, GERMANY SHORTLY AFTER THANKSGIVING, 1944 AND EVACUATED TO ENGLAND. AFTER RECOVERY, ASSIGNED TO UNIT TRAINING REPLACEMENTS IN FRANCE. AFTER JAPANESE SURRENDER SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN MARBURG, GERMANY. AWARDED BRONZE STAR. DISCHARGED JANUARY 25, 1946 AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY AT RANK OF SERGEANT.