World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Earle Pollard
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lodi, California
Honored By
Corinne Clemenson Pollard
Relationship
Wife
BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA IN 1943. ASSIGNED TO THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION, SEVENTH REGIMENT, COMPANY E AS A PLATOON SERGEANT. HIS UNIT LANDED ON UTAH BEACH SOON AFTER D-DAY, AND FOUGHT IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR AND SILVER STAR. DISCHARGED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN 1946.