Billy M. Rudder, Soldier, 569th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, WWII, US Army

Biography of Billy M. Rudder

Soldier, 569th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, WWII, US Army

My grandfather was Billy M. Rudder. My grandfather was in the 569th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. A friend of my grandfather's in the unit was Jim Bales. My grandfather was honorably discharged from the 569th in 1946. His photographs from his time in the Army are below.

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Photographs Below, 569th AAAAW BN Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Left, Middle, Right, plus the backs of those pics showing the names of the men in the photo and some men missing (add to that list Billy Rudder who was not in the photo), and 8 other photos.

569th AAA Bn Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Left

569th AAA Bn Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Middle

569th AAA Bn Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Right

Partial list of men in group photo on the back of 569th AAA Bn Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Left

Partial list of men in group photo on the back of 569th AAA Bn Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Middle

Partial list of men in group photo on the back of 569th AAA Bn Group Picture September 11, 1944, Fort Bragg, Right

Bill Rudder & Jim Bales, Jim Bales on left (I believe), Billy Rudder on right

LeHavre, Top: Jones and Baribeau Bottom: Rudder and Strong (dated Feb 17, 1946)

Strong and Baribeau and possibly Jones (from LeHavre pic)

Rudder (Left), Major Arthur Nash, Ratcliffe, Robert Cox (but unsure if in order)

Footnote for search engine purposes, presumably his given name was William M. Rudder.

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