Nebraska WWII hero's family sees new Army combat vehicle named in his honor

https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/nebraska-wwii-heros-family-sees-new-army-combat-vehicle-named-in-his-honor/article_f5113b5a-fcf8-11ee-96ab-779bcf73917b.html

Steve Liewer 1 hr ago

Pvt. Robert D. Booker’s World War II commanding officer wanted his loved ones back home in Callaway, Nebraska, to know one thing: that the infantryman’s death on a battlefield in North Africa wouldn’t be forgotten.

In the heat of battle on April 9, 1943, Booker, 22, had surged across 200 yards of open fields carrying a light machine gun and ammunition near Fondouk, Tunisia, even as German machine guns and mortars trained their fire on him.

Still, he silenced one enemy gun and opened up on another. He continued to fight and direct other soldiers even after he fell, mortally wounded.

“His actions were so outstandingly heroic that they will long live in our memory,” Capt. A.B. Churchill wrote 10 days later in a letter to Booker’s widow, Marie, that was published in a local newspaper called the Loup Valley Queen.


Pvt. Robert D. Booker, 22, of Callaway, Nebraska, was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor during World War II.
BOOKER FAMILY

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