World War II Honoree

Nathaniel Woommavovah

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cache, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

A MEMBER OF THE COMANCHE INDIAN NATION, HE WAS ONE OF 217 COMANCHES WHO SERVED DURING THE WAR BETWEEN 1941-1945. DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE ON OCTOBER 20, 1944. TOOK BASIC INFANTRY TRAINING IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. ASSIGNED AS AN INDIVIDUAL REPLACEMENT TO COMPANY H, 2ND BATTALION, 118TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (SEPARATE). JOINED HIS UNIT IN EARLY MARCH, 1945 AS THEY WERE IN POSITION DEFENDING A BRIDGE OVER THE MEUSE RIVER AT GIVET, FRANCE. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) FOR SOME 10 MONTHS. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND CAMPAIGN. HIS REGIMENT ENTERED GERMANY ON MAY 26, 1945 AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE AND ASSUMED OCCUPATION DUTIES. HIS DUTIES DURING THE OCCUPATION CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF GUARDING AMERICAN MILITARY PRISONERS. THE REGIMENT WAS LOCATED AT FEUDENHEIM, NEAR MANNHEIM IN SOUTH-CENTRAL GERMANY WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED AND THE WAR ENDED. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR (1 CAMPAIGN), WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HIS REGIMENT RETURNED TO THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON JANUARY 14, 1946. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT CAMP CHAFFEE AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS ON FEBRUARY 2, 1946 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.