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PERSONAL ODYSSEY OF JOHN R. MONTAGUE  (12 of 13)

Separation Qualification Record
prepared at Ft. Benning where John was last stationed.  He apparently was put to work as a clerk typist and this record ignores his role as a paratrooper and POW,

 

 

John's Ribbon Bar


Tattered 'n Torn
if this U.S. flag insignia looks this bad, what did John's prison wardrobe look like?

Corp. Montague,
   ex-POW, Is Home

   Corp. John R. Montague, who was a German prisoner of war for 11 months at Stalag 4B, south of Dresden, Germany. has returned to the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Montague, 1514 Jefferson st., following his discharge from the army Nov 9 at Ft. Benning, Ga.
   A graduate of the military academy at Onaiga, IL, Corp., Montague entered service in 1942.  He was a member of the 508th paratroop regiment and was taken prisoner in Normandy on D-Day, being released May 8, 1945.Only 918 men out of the 2,056 who jumped over Normandy returned to their base in England.
   Since returning to the United States from Germany, he was stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., and then at Ft Benning, Ga., where he was a clerk typist in the payroll department.
   Corp.. Montague's decorations include the combat infantryman badge, rifle and carbine marksmanship medals, light machine gun experts medal, World War II victory medal , American Theatre ribbon, European-African-Middle East ribbon with one star, good conduct medal, distinguished unit badge with one cluster and the purple heart

[]The Capital Times, Madison., WI, 19 Nofv 1945, Mon, Page 11]

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