World War II Honoree

James L. English

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lynchburg, Tennessee

Honored By

Flournoy T. English

Relationship

Brother

MEDICAL CORPS 1942 TO 1946. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO MEDICAL CORPS FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING. SERVED AT ARMY STATION HOSPITALS, CAMPS ANZA AND STONEMAN, CALIFORNIA. ALSO SERVED AT SAN FRANCISCO PORT OF EMBARKATION, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO DUTY ABOARD HOSPITAL SHIP USS COMFORT (AH-6), 1943. SAW COMBAT SERVICE AT NUMEROUS ISLAND INVASIONS. WAS ABOARD SHIP WHEN HIT BY JAPANESE KAMIKAZE SUICIDE PLANE. RETURNED TO CONTINENTAL U.S. FOR SHIP REPAIR; RETURNED OVERSEAS ABOARD USS COMFORT IN 1944 UNTIL WAR'S END. HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1946.