Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WEBB, COL R. L. 1945
WWII U.S. ARMY CO L 121ST INFANTRY
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COL R.L.WEBB RETURNS TO CORDELE
 FRIENDS OF COL R.L. WEBB ARE GLAD TO SEE HIM BACK HOME AGAIN AFTER BEING ON ACTIVE
DUTY WITH THE ARMY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
 COL WEBB LEFT HERE AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF CO L 121ST INFANTRY ON SEPT. 16,194. HE
LATER TRANSFERED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS, SERVING AS BASE ADJUTANT AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF THE COLUMBIA ARMY AI

R BASE, COLUMBIA,S.C., FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO KELLOGG
 FIELD MICHIGIAN AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN THE SPRING OF 1944, SERVING THERE UNTIL
FEBRUARY 1945, WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO DREW FIELD, TAMPA,FLA. HE WAS PLACED ON
INACTIVE STATUS AT FORT McPHERSON,GA. THIS PAST WEEK.
 COL. WEBB HAS HAD A LONG MILITARY CAREER. HE SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1 IN THE TANK
CORPS OVERSEAS, BEING DISCHARGED IN 1919 AFTER 18 MONTHS SERVICE . HE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ORGANIZATION OF A NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY HERE IN 1920. HE SERVED
AS SARGEANT ,2ND LT., AND 1ST LT.,TAKING COMMAND OF CO L IN 1930. WHILE UNDER THE
COMMAND OF COL WEBB,CO L WAS ONE OF THE BEST COMPANIES IN THE 121ST INFANTRY .ON
SEPT.16,1940COL WEBB THEN CAPTAIN MOBILIZED HIS COMPANY FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AND WORLD
WA 11.
 PRIOR TO HIS ENTRY INTO THE ARMED FORCES. COL WEBBWAS CONNECTED WITH THE DAVISON
CHEMICAL CORP.,NOW THE RED DIAMOND MILLS INC.
 COL AND MRS WEBB AND THEIR TWO SON, HAMP AND TOM, ARE NOW OCCUPYING THEIR HOME ON
16TH AVE EAST. THEIR OLDEST SON T.SGT.ROBERT L. WEBB JR.IS STILL IN OKINAWA WITH THE
AIR CORPS. SGT WEBB WAS WOUNDED RECENTLY WHILE ON A MISSION.

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HE IS BURIED IN SUNNYSIDE CEMETARY

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