WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Russell O. Green

Entered Service: July 21, 1942.

Branch of Service: Army Air Corp

Trained at Sheppard Field, Texas; Truix Field, Madison, Wisconsin; Radio Operators School, Neumea New Caladonia; Army Signal Corp Radio School.

Overseas: December 31, 1942

Theatre of Operation: South Pacific.

Engagements: New Guinea, Bismark, Archapelego, China, Guadalcanal, Luzon, Northern Solomons, Southern Philippines, Anti Sub, New Caledonia.    

Medals Earned: Philippine Liberation Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.

Returned to U.S.:  October 12, 1945 

Discharged: October 17, 1945, Fort McArthur, California.

Rank: Sergeant

Total Months in Service: Thirty-nine months.

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