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Grave marker for Bob Rooney in the Garden of John, Mount
Angeles Memorial Park , Port Angeles (Clallam), Washington..
Bob enlisted in the Army at Tacoma, WA on 25 September
1942. Pvt Rooney was transferred from the Reception Center, Fort
Lewis, WA to Company B, 508th PIR on 21 October 1942.
Although he made it through Normandy without a
scratch, he was wounded in action in Holland on 22 October 1944 and
evacuated to a field hospital. On 22 December 1944 he was
transferred to the hospital's Detachment of Patients and did not return
to the regiment.
His military decorations include the Combat
Infantryman Badge awarded for action during Normandy, France Campaign, 6
June 1944 to 9 July 1944 sand the Purple Heart. |
