Richard E. Boyer was in the Normandy, Northern France, Germany and Rhineland theater campaigns. He earned the following medals and awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Belgian Fourragere, Presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, American Defense Service Medal, European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge, 1st Award. He was, in fact, wounded in Belgium. A young girl from the Belgium freedom fighters took my dad into hiding, saving him from the Germans. He continued his career in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea and Vietnam. He retired in 1970 and died in 1976 from cancer.