World War II Honoree

Bernard C. Caudle

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hallett, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN MARCH, 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN AT CHEYENNE, WYOMING; WOODBURY COLLEGE AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; AND CAMP GRUBER AT BRAGGS, OKLAHOMA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN IRELAND, ENGLAND, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER, 1945 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.