Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WHITAKER, BOBBY 1945 WWII U.S. ARMY FIRST ARMORED DIVISION ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 June 8, 2011, 2:22 pm CORDELE BOY RETURNS FROM ITALY S-SGT JOHN R. BOBBY WHITAKER HAS RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THREE YEARS SERVICE OVERSEAS WITH THE FAMOUS FIRST ARMORED DIVISION WHICH TOOK PART IN THE INVASION AND CONQUEST OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS. HE RECEIVED THE ETO RIBBON WITH SIX STARS , MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION, AMERICAN DEFENSE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. FRIENDS WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT AFTER FOUR YEARS AND A HALF IN THE ARMY, SARGEANT WHITAKER HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE UNDER THE POINTS SYSTEM, AND IS VISITING HIS MOTHER,MRS J,M WHITAKER JR ON 12TH AVE ,EAST Additional Comments: FATHER OF SANDRA, ROBIN ,AND JUDY WHITAKER File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/whitaker1270mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb