World War II Honoree

Buster Armstrong

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ralston, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP GRANT AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS; CAMP ELLIS AT TABLE GROVE, ILLINOIS; AND FORT RILEY AT JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS ON NEW GUINEA AND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH 'JAPAN' CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.