World War II Honoree

Bishop H. Flowers, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lancaster, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

STAGED WITH HIS UNIT AT CAMP KILMER AT STELTON, NEW JERSEY ON NOVEMBER 25, 1943 AWAITING OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON DECEMBER 5, 1943 AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ON DECEMBER 15, 1943. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH COMPANY I, 3RD BATTALION, 13TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 8TH INFANTRY 'PATHFINDER' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. LANDED ACROSS UTAH BEACH IN NORMANDY, FRANCE ON JULY 3, 1944, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE INITIAL D-DAY INVASION LANDINGS. HIS UNIT FOUGHT THROUGH THE HEAVILY-DEFENDED HEDGEROWS; ATTACKED THE CITY OF BREST, FRANCE; ATTACKED INTO THE HUERTGEN FOREST; DROVE TO THE RHINE RIVER; ADVANCED TO THE RUHR RIVER; AND FOUGHT ACROSS THE ELBE RIVER. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. AWARDED THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM FOR ACTIONS BY HIS REGIMENT AT NORMANDY, AND THE LUXEMBOURG CROIX DE GUERRE FOR ACTIONS BY HIS DIVISION IN LUXEMBOURG. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.