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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John 'Jack' Baker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hammond, Indiana

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM 1943 TO 1946. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP COOK, CALIFORNIA AND ATTENDED MEDICAL CORPS SCHOOL AT FITZSIMMONS GENERAL HOSPITAL, DENVER, COLORADO. ASSIGNED TO ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE SERVED 6 MONTHS OVERSEAS AND WAS RETURNED TO THE STATES TO TEACH IN THE MEDICAL CORPS. AWARDED SERGEANT STRIPES, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND OVERSEAS BAR.