World War II Honoree

Jimmy Trone Elliott

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Alton, Illinois

Honored By

Leslie A. Widger, John G. Elliott & Greg T. Elliott

Relationship

Children

WAS A MEMBER OF THE 86TH 'BLACK HAWK' INFANTRY DIVISION, 341ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY G, 2ND BATTALION, WEAPONS PLATOON. WHILE IN COMBAT, HE OPERATED A 60MM MORTAR. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AND PACIFIC THEATERS FROM 1944 TO 1946 AND SAW COMBAT IN THE RHINE RIVER VALLEY, THE RUHR POCKET AND IN BAVARIA. WAS AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EXPERT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND BRONZE STAR FOR COMBAT IN GERMANY. HE FINISHED SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AS A WRITER AND CO-EDITOR OF THE 'TANDEM TIMES', THE 86TH INFANTRY DIVISION NEWSPAPER. WHILE PART OF THE BLACK HAWKS HE MADE AMPHIBIOUS CROSSINGS OF 7 MAJOR RIVERS WHILE DRIVING THE GERMAN ARMY EAST AND SOUTH, CAPTURED 53,354 GERMANS, LIBERATED OVER 200,000 ALLIED PRISONERS, SERVED WITH 4 DIFFERENT ARMIES, THE 1ST, 3RD, 7TH AND 15TH AND WAS IN THE FIRST DIVISION TO SERVE IN BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS.