Roland Roger

Roland Roger was a distinguished soldier in World War II, serving in the 1st Infantry Divison, Fox company. After Fox took Oran airfield he was given a ride in Stuart, which gave him inpromptu tank training. He help hold the line at Kasserine Pass. He is most known for his heroism at Piano Lupo. He single handly destroyed 8 German Panzers. For this he was promoted to Corporal. He was part of the invasion of Omaha Beach and while sigthing targets, his LST was struck by a German shell. Hours later he came to, and he and his unit went behind enemy defenses and destroyed 3 mortor pits, took over a werehouse, destroyed one 88, and used another to destroyed emplacements. In September, at Mons his unit was on patrol when they were given orders to assault 4 88's "raining hell on the assault force". Roger personally destroyed all four. He was promoted along with Stephen Kelly to sergent after Sgt. Glenn Hawkins was wounded. He was part of the force that broke throught the Siegfried Line in Janurary 1945. He had an unnamed brother in the Air Force