WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Gordon K. Beaty

Entered Service: February 19, 1942.

Branch of Service: Infantry

Trained at Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Fort Benning, Georgia (Motor Maintenance School); Fort Lewis, Washington; Desert Training Center; Camp Stoneman, California.

Overseas: July 7, 1943.

Theatre of Operation: Central and Southwest Pacific.

Engagements:  Wadke, Sarmi in Dutch New Guineas, Liberation of Baguis, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 

Medals Earned: Combat Infantryman Badge, Driver and Mechanic Badge.

Returned to U.S.:  November 11, 1945 

Discharged: November 20, 1945, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.  

Rank: Technician/5.

Total Months in Service: Forty-five months.

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