WW-2 INDEX PAGE
HOME PAGE

Willis Asher

A WIFE REMEMBERS:

    Sgt. Willis E. Asher served with the United States Army Co. F 117th Inf.  He was stationed at Camp Roberts twice and Camp Nanden and Camp Carson.

     After his second  time at Camp Roberts he went to Maryland and from there overseas.

 The following information was supplied by his wife.

"He served his country well.  To my opinion he was one of the best soldiers and husband and father in the whole world.  He loved God with all his heart.  He never wanted to miss church.  He was a great believer in paying his tithes.  He sent them home to me so I could pay them in his church.  He loved his country and people very much.  He was kindhearted to every one and loved me and his boys so very much. 

    "He was a Bible reader even when in the fox holes.  He read his Bible there also.  When he had to leave it seemed that they took at least half of my life that I will never get back. 

    "But I kept going to church and praying and praying for him and doing the best I could raising our two little boys and one of them was just six months old when he was declared missing in action.  The other boy was 1 year, 9 months. 

    "After they got old enough to go to school they couldn't understand why they couldn't have a daddy like the other little boys who would tell them things they and their fathers did or something big their dad had done. 

    "It was hard and still is, but we love him and miss him and always will until we are all together again. 

    "My husband was declared missing in action the 17th day of April 1945.  He was also a bugler which they wanted him to take permanently, but he said he felt like that would be letting the other soldiers in the regiment down.  In other words he felt like they would be fighting while all he would have to do was blow the bugle and he didn't feel right to do it.  He could have been Sergeant long time before he was but he said he would rather be told what to do than to tell others so he didn't become Sergeant until he had to. 

    "He is loved and missed very much. 

    "Our youngest son was just 6 months old the day before his dad was missing in action.  They never saw each other.

   "The last time I saw my dear husband was the day our oldest son was 1 year old.  It was on his first birthday, Feb 8, 1944.

     "We were married March 24, 1942.  His hometown was Bixby."

{The Daily Journal, St. Francois Co., Wednesday, April 26, 1995}

WW-2 INDEX PAGE
HOME PAGE