(courtesy of Jim Antley)
Grave marker for Ernest S. Hubbard in Greenwood
Cemetery, Belmont (Gaston county), North Carolina.
Ernest enlisted in the Army at Fort Jackson, Columbia,
SC on 13 April 1942.
On 20 October 1942 Pvt Hubbard was part of the cadre
team transferred from the 507th PIR to the 508th PIR. He was assigned
to Hq Hq.
Pvt Hubbard was appointed to the grade of T/5 on 4 February 1943.
T/5 Hubbard was sent on detached duty to the Communications School at
Fort Benning, GA on 20 march 1943 and returned to duty on 8 May 1943.
On 1 September 1944 he was promoted to the grade of SSgt.
SSgt Hubbard was wounded im action in Holland on 26 September 1944
and evacuated to a field hospital. He returned to the company on
6Noembe 1944 but was immediately transferred to Service Company for
light duty. On 7 December 1944 SSgt Hubbard was transferred back to Hq
Hq but on 17 December reverted to Service Company as he apparently was
seen unfit for combat duty on the eve of the regimental departure for
the Battle of the Bulge. SSgt Hubbard rejoined Hq Hq on 25 February
1945 in camp Sissonne, France where the regiment was being held in
Strategic Reserve. The regiment was not put back into action
during the waning days of WWII. His military decorations include the
Purple Heart and the Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for
participation in the Normandy assault. |