World War II Honoree

G. Stanley Faragher

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Noble County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

HIS BATTALION SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON JUNE 22, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ON JUNE 28, 1944. LANDED IN FRANCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) ON AUGUST 7, 1944. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 736TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. HIS BATTALION WAS SERVING WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AT WALLENBERG, GERMANY WHEN THE JAPANESE UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDERED AND THE WAR ENDED. THE BATTALION RETURNED TO THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON OCTOBER 10, 1945. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.