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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James T. Craig

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pickens, South Carolina

Honored By

Catherine C. Metcalf

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

DRAFTED BY U.S. ARMY MAY 1943 AT FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. BASIC ARTILLERY TRAINING AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. DEPARTED U.S. ARMY IN DECEMBER 1943. JANUARY 1944 JOINED 771ST TANK DESTROYER BATTALION IN WALES. D-DAY PLUS A FEW DAYS ENTERED FRANCE AND ADVANCED THROUGH BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AND WAS AT THE ELBE RIVER WHEN V-E DAY ARRIVED. REMAINED IN GERMANY UNTIL RETURN TO U.S. IN FEBRUARY 1946. AFTER DISCHARGE WENT HOME TO PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA.