World War II Honoree

Robert L. Westbrook

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Honored By

Freda Jones

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED WITH BATTERY C, 215TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. WAS A SCOUT FOR THE 215TH IN EUROPE 1943-1946. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BRAGG WITH THE 215TH FIELD ARTILLERY GLIDER BATTALION. SENT TO CAMP MCCALL, NORTH CAROLINA FOR ARTILLERY TRAINING. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO SURVEY SECTION AND BECAME SCOUT CORPORAL AND FORWARD OBSERVER. ALLIANCE AIR FORCE BASE IN NEBRASKA FOR GLIDER TRAINING AND MANEUVERS. DEPARTED FROM CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1944 ABOARD THE SS URUGUAY TO ENGLAND. ON TO FRANCE WHERE HE SPENT 9 DAYS IN A MUDDY FIELD HAVING SPAM, JAM AND BREAD TO EAT. THEN ON TO BELGIUM AND GERMANY. THE 215TH LED GERMANS THROUGH THE CONCENTRATION CAMP IN AUSTRIA, SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. ASSIGNED TO THE 99TH INFANTRY TO BE SENT HOME, WENT TO FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 1945.