World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joseph H. Collie
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Danville, Virginia
Honored By
Family and NC Triangle Flight of Honor
SERVED SEPTEMBER 1943 TO MARCH 1946. ARMY BASIC TRAINING; ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM; 100TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FT. BRAGG. OVERSEAS OCTOBER 1944 TO MARSEILLES, FRANCE. COMBAT IN ALSACE-LORRAINE FRANCE; ARDENNES, GERMANY; MANNHEIM TO HEILBRONN-STUTTGART TO WARS END. RIFLEMAN, SQUADRON LEADER. HOSPITALIZED IN PARIS WITH HEPATITIS. TRAINED FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN, TRANSFERRED TO 504TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, GOPPIGEN GERMANY. RETURNED TO U.S.A.; MARCH 1946. COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR, BRONZE BATTLE STARS (FOR CAMPAIGNS IN FRANCE AND GERMANY), AND BATTALION CITATION.