1st Sergeant Stanley Ewing Wills 37346738 

1st Sergeant Stanley Ewing Wills 37346738 US Army. Born 7 November 1922 in Monte Vista, Colorado. He attended Hooper High School and Adams State Teachers College, and entered service on 22 May 1943, at the age of 20. He received his preliminary training at Camp Roberts, California, and served overseas with Company I, 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Division, 6th Army. Sergeant Wills fought in the Luzon Campaign and took part in the fighting which captured strategic Balete Pass. The narrow, rugged gateway to the Cagayan Valley of northern Luzon was taken after a siege of two months, and was the last and most strongly defended enemy stronghold on Luzon. Sergeant Wills later served with the Army of Occupation in the Nagoya area of Japan, and was honorably discharged on 25 January 1946. His decorations include the American Theater Area, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with Battle Star, Philippine Liberation with Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, Occupation Ribbon, Good Conduct, and Victory Medal. He is the son of Mrs. Anna Wills of Pueblo, Colorado.

 

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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948