World War II Honoree

Robert Lyle Corbin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND AN ARTILLERY FIELD OFFICER IN THE U.S. ARMY'S 84TH DIVISION. CAPTURED IN NOVEMBER 1944 BY GERMAN SOLDIERS. BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR AND WAS MOVED FROM CAMP TO CAMP. WAS MARCHED FOR 42 DAYS TOWARD THE BALTIC SEA AND INTO GERMANY, COVERING 350 MILES. GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON'S TROOPS TRIED TO FREE THE PRISONERS BUT FAILED. WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND SPENT THE NEXT NINE DAYS CRAWLING THROUGH THE DENSE FOREST TO FREEDOM IN MARCH, 1945.