Personal Pages

- Bailey Home Page | Family Chart

Click on the picture above for a larger view.

Homer William Bailey - WWII

Bus enlisted in the Army in 1940 and agreed to one year of service. Instead he ended up being an infantryman until the end of the war. He trained in the US and then Willemstad in the Caribbean. He fought under Patton in the Battle of the Bulge and then they kept marching through Europe. Bus would later talk about how scared the townspeople were of American soldiers. He never forgot the little kids who would smile at him when he pulled chocolate out of his pocket to give them. His unit marched into Germany and even crossed the Elbe River, until they were called back to let the Russians take Berlin. He always would stay angry about not being able to take Berlin. He achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant and made a very good friend in Willis Henry, his future brother-in-law.