World War II Honoree

Roy Gene Reavis

Hometown

Welch, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 19. RECEIVED TRAINING AS AN AMPHIBIOUS TRACTOR OPERATOR AT FORT KNOX AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE OPERATED TRACKED LANDING VEHICLES CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON LAND AND WATER WHICH BECAME THE PREFERRED METHOD OF LANDING TROOPS AND SUPPLIES ON HOSTILE BEACHES. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, INITIALLY IN NEW GUINEA, AND THEN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREAS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.