Grave markers for Robert D. Leen in the Hickory Flat
Cemetery, Overpeck (Butler county), Ohio.
Robert enlisted in the Army at Ft
Thomas, Newport, KY on 2 December 1942 and was
assigned to Company I, 508th PIR.
On 1 August 1943 Pvt Leen was
transferred to the ASTP* Unit, Carnegie Institute of
Technology Pittsburg, Pa.
Pvt Leen did not return to the
508th but apparently saw action as he was
awarded the Purple Heart.*
- The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP)
was established to meet wartime
demands both for junior officers and soldiers with
technical skills. Conducted at a number of American
universities, it offered training in such fields as
engineering, foreign languages, and medicine. |
