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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James W. Muir

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Antonio, Vermont

Honored By

Herbert W. Powers

Relationship

Son-in-law

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Enlisted 1940 as private, Finance Department, Army Air Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Supervisor at bombardier school, Ellington Air Base at its activation. Auditor, instructor at Sheppard Air Base, Texas and instructor Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Appointed warrant officer, Army Finance Department, September 19, 1942. Convoyed from New York to United Kingdom and joined Central Task Force (U.S. Headquarters II Corps). Embarked from Liverpool on October 30, 1942 for Operation Torch, arriving at Mers-el-Kebir Naval Base November 10.