RA Booth

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World War II Soldiers

Sergeant Robert A. Booth 1912-1981
Robert Aaron Booth

Photo and Info below contributed by son Philip Booth

     "Robert A. Booth was born in Clairton, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania in 1912. He was the only child of Albert McVaney Booth and Mary Ellen Whiting Booth. The family moved to Centerville in 1923. He attended Centerville High school. Robert's father died in 1937 and his mother died October 11th, 1941. December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and Robert changed his status with the Draft. He was inducted on July 17, 1942 at Camp
Perry Ohio. Robert Booth was in Company D 40th Battalion Camp Crowder MO.
     Robert landed on Omaha beach in the second wave, during the invasion of Normandy. He served in the signal corps under General George S. Patton, third army ETOUSA / USA. He suffered from badly frozen feet from the 'Battle of the Bulge' Robert served in the campaign in the Rhineland. He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant, but for a time, was an acting Sergeant Major. He was a rifle marksman, received a good conduct medal, Bronze Arrowhead,
and EAME ribbon. (European African Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon)
     Robert Booth came back to the United States and married his sweetheart Edna Kozak in October of 1945. They lived in Dearborn, Michigan. For a time Robert was the head of the Red Cross and later became the Commander of the Allied Veterans Council of Dearborn. Robert lost his fight with cancer on January 1, 1981. He is survived by his wife Edna and five children."   Information submitted by his son Philip Booth