World War II Honoree

Winston M. Higgs

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Altus, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN MARCH, 1944. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), WITH COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 399TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 100TH INFANTRY 'CENTURY' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS DURING HIS 19 MONTHS OVERSEAS. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN GERMANY AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (3 CAMPAIGNS), WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS BATTALION IN COMBAT AT RAON L'ETAPE, IN NORTHEASTERN FRANCE. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1946. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946, AFTER SOME 27 MONTHS IN SERVICE, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.