World War II Honoree

Robert Loran Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wauneta, Nebraska

Honored By

Irene Wright

Relationship

Wife

BASIC TRAINING, FORT HOOD, TEXAS AND THEN WAS AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. LEFT THE STATES ON NOVEMBER 30, 1945 ON THE USS GENERAL RICHARDSON. LANDED AT NAPLES, ITALY, DECEMBER 11, 1946. TRANSFERRED TO LEGHORN, ITALY AND WAS IN THE 2ND TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATION BATTALION UNTIL MAY 1946. TRANSFERRED GERMAN SOLDIERS TO TRAINS TO SEND THEM HOME. CAME HOME ON AN EMERGENCY FURLOUGH BECAUSE HIS BROTHER WAS CRITICALLY INJURED.