World War II Honoree

Carl Armor

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Broseley, Missouri

Honored By

Friends and Family

ENTERED SERVICE APRIL 11, 1944. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA. SAILED TO EUROPE SEPTEMBER 1, 1944 WITH 84TH DIVISION, 335TH INFANTRY. SAW ACTION IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND HOLLAND. WOUNDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1944 IN THE LEG AND FOOT AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. PICKED UP BY A GERMAN UNIT AND WAS TAKEN TO COLOGNE TO A HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY, THEN TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, STALAG 11B. LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH; APRIL 29, 1945. FLOWN TO BRUSSELS, THEN TO PARIS FOR MORE TREATMENT. IN FIRST PART OF JUNE, WAS FLOWN TO U.S. HOSPITAL FOR MORE TREATMENT AND EVENTUALLY WAS DISCHARGED DECEMBER 3, 1945. AWARDED BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.