World War II Honoree

Timothy C. Armstrong

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Honored By

Martha Armstrong

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED IN EARLY 1942 AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING HE WENT TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT CAMP HOOD, TEXAS. AS 2ND LIEUTENANT, WAS ASSIGNED TO 814TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION AS COMPANY COMMANDER FOR COMPANY C. TRAINED AT CAMP HOOD AND CAMP BOWIE, TEXAS. UNIT TRANSFERRED TO CAMP POLK, LOUISIANA FOR FINAL MANEUVERS BEFORE GOING OVERSEAS. PROMOTED TO 1ST LIEUTENANT AND AND SAILED FOR ENGLAND IN JANUARY 1944. LANDED IN FRANCE IN AUGUST, 1944 AT ST. LO, FRANCE AS PART OF PATTON'S 3RD ARMY. AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS 'UNSERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY EVEN IN THE LAST MOMENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS' ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1944. TREATED AT A FIELD HOSPITAL AND THEN FLOWN TO ENGLAND FOR SURGERY. RETURNED TO THE U.S. 20 NOVEMBER 1944 ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP QUEEN MARY. ASSIGNED TO THE MCCLOSKY HOSPITAL IN TEMPLE, TEXAS AND THEN TO HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN TO FULL DUTY AT FT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. WENT ON INACTIVE DUTY ON 26 FEBRUARY 1946. IN ADDITION TO THE SILVER STAR HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.