World War II Honoree

Raymond Furr Montgomery, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pontotoc, Tennessee

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS IN HEADQUARTERS BATTERY, 109TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES, CENTRAL EUROPE, BATTLE OF THE BULGE, BASTOGNE AND GERMANY. SERVING WITH THE 28TH 'BLOODY BUCKET' DIVISION WHICH IN EIGHT MONTHS SAW COMBAT ACTION FROM NORMANDY'S HEDGEROWS TO THE HEART OF THE REICH. AFTER BATTLING ACROSS NORMANDY, HIS UNIT PARADED THROUGH PARIS THEN WENT EAST THROUGH BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG AND SMASHED INTO THE SIEGFRIED LINE AND INTO GERMANY. IT FOUGHT IN THE HUERTGEN FOREST IN NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER CAUGHT THE FULL FORCE OF THE ARDENNES OFFENSES AND LATER HELPED LIBERATE COLMAR IN ALSACE AND DRIVE TO THE RHINE RIVER. RECIPIENT OF FIVE BATTLE STARS ON HIS EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS RIBBON, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, HIS UNITS COMMENDATION FOR BEACH LANDINGS AND SPEARHEADING INTO BELGIUM.