Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WILLIAMS, SGT HOYT E. 1944
WWII US ARMY CO''C'' 111TH ENGINEERS BATTALION
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FORMER CORDELE MAN AWARDED ARROWHEAD ,HOYT WILLIAMS
 SGT HOYT E. WILLIAMS ,BROTHER OF CECIL WILLIAMS ,RFD CORDELE,GA..MEMBER OF COMPANY
''C'' 111TH ENGINEERS BATTALION OF THE VETERAN 36TH ''TEXAS '' DIVISION ,HAS BEEN
AWARDED THE BRONZE ARROWHEAD TO WEAR ON HIS EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS RIBBON.
THE ARROWHEAD HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SALERNO, RIVIRA INVASION
WHEN HE MADE THE FAMOUS D-DAY AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT.
  THE 38TH INFANTRY DIVISION HAS SEEN ACTION ACTION ON TWO D-DAYS; ITALY AND
SOUTHERN FRANCE . TO ITS CREDIT ARE SUCH BATTLES AS SAN PIETRO AND CASSINO THE
RAPIDO RIVER,AND ANZIO. IT FOUGHT AT MONTILIMAR, WHERE THE GERMAN 19TH ARMY WAS
ANNIHILATED, AND DROVE ACROSS THE SAINTE MARIE PASS OF THE VOSGES,MOUNTAINS. IT
BREACHED THE POWERFUL SIEGFRIED LINE DEFENSE AT WISSEMBOURG AND COMPLETED 400 DAYS
OF ACTUAL COMBAT PLUNGING THRIUGH GERMANY AND DEEP INTO AUSTRIA.

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