On the road

On the road

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Profiles Spring-Summer 2014 HFDFW


 

Robert entered the U.S. Army on August 17, 1943 at the age of 18. After basic training, Robert was trained in being a paratrooper with the famed 82nd Airborne Division.

His job was that of jumpmaster and radio operator. Robert participated in the famous “Operation Market Garden,” which was the joint British, American airborne assault which was the basis of the famous war movie “A Bridge Too Far.”

At one point while fighting the German army in Holland, Robert was hit by a snipers bullet and kept shooting as Robert was lying on the ground waiting to be rescued by a medic. Robert crawled around the corner of a building and finally passed out. There, a Dutch woman found him and notified the American’s where Robert was located.

Robert was awarded the Purple Heart, WWII Victory medal and the American Theater medal. He was discharged on November 24, 1945.  

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