World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert P. Willing III
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Silver Spring, Maryland
Honored By
Robert P. Willing
29TH MACHINE RECORDS UNIT, GROUND FORCE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, U.S. ARMY, JANUARY 1943 TO JANUARY 1946. CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND (JANUARY 1944 TO JULY 1944). THEN SERVED WITH ADVANCE ECHELON THAT LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH JULY 25, 1944, AFTER BREAKTHROUGH AT ST. LO, FRANCE. A SUPPORT UNIT, KEPT TRACK OF REPLACEMENTS IN EUROPEAN THEATER USING EARLY IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES) EQUIPMENT MOUNTED IN TRAILER. ARRIVED IN PARIS FOR LIBERATION. AFTER EUROPEAN WAR ENDED, TRANSFERRED TO ARMED FORCE NETWORK, WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO PRODUCE A DAILY HOUR RADIO SHOW.