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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

William H. Hayes

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brady, Nebraska

Honored By

Mrs. Lucille Hayes

Relationship

Wife

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Activity During WWII

Inducted March 20, 1943. Sent overseas January 10, 1945. Arrived in European Theater January 21, 1945. He was in the 563rd Field Artillery Battalion, 89th Division, 3rd Army. Combat in France, Luxembourg and Germany. Crossed the Moselle River, Rhine River, Rhineland and Central Europe. Was in Zwickau, Germany on V-E Day. Army of Occupation in Austria September 1945 to March 1946. Was at Ohrdruf Concentration Camp in Germany.