14th Armored Division The Liberators
During the darkest days of WWII, it was the people of our great nation, the mechanics, clerks, industrialists, lawyers, bankers, teachers, doctors, students, these and millions like them who answered the call to defend the American way of life. Among them were the men of the 14th Armored Division. This site is dedicated to them.
499th Armored Field Artillery
C Battery
14th Armored Division's only Medal of Honor recipient
PFC George B. Turner
PFC George B. Turner earned the respect and admiration of his comrades long before the actions that brought him the nation's highest award for heroism.
Turner joined the Marine Corps in the First World War, but the war ended before he got overseas. When the United States entered the Second World War, Turner volunteered once again, this time with the U.S. Army.
During training, younger soldiers and officers came to admire his quiet strength and dedication to duty. He gained a reputation as a good soldier who truly wanted to come to grips with the enemy. He lived up to that reputation, and more.
At 46 years of age, he may have been the oldest recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Second World War. Regardless of age, Turner's deeds were, and remain, timeless.
Ardennes-Alsace
16 DEC 1944 - 25 JAN 1945
Rhineland
8 FEB 1945 - 27 MAR 1945
Central Europe
22 MAR 1945 - 2 MAY 1945
28 OCTOBER 1942
One place to begin is with a piece of paper - a piece of paper with three short paragraphs of official wording: "In accordance with General Orders, Headquarters, Armored Force, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1942,
and pursuant to authority contained in letter, Headquarters, Army Ground Forces, Army War College, Washington, D.C., dated August 28, 1942, the 14th Armored Division is activated this date at Camp
Chaffee, Arkansas."
Headquarters, 14th Armored Division, is opened at this station at 0100, November 15, 1942