World War II Honoree

Robert G. Dude

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

West Allis, Wisconsin

Honored By

Son

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1942; STATIONED AT FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA UNTIL DEPLOYED TO EUROPE IN 1944; LANDED IN NORMANDY IN SEPTEMBER 1944, AND SPEND THE REST OF THE WAR GUARDING GERMAN PRISONERS NEAR PARIS; WAS IN A MACHINIST BATTALION WHICH WAS ONE OF A KIND, INITIALLY SLATED TO REPAIR TANKS IN NORTH AFRICA, BUT NEVER WENT THERE AS THE GERMANS WERE BEATEN IN AFRICA BEFORE DEPLOYMENT. REACHED THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1945.