World War II Honoree

Kirby S. Crawford

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oxford, Mississippi

Honored By

John Koumon

Relationship

Platoon Buddy

ENTERED ARMY 1943 AND DID HIS BASIC ON THE 155MM GUN AT FORT BRAGG. ATTACHED TO THE 807TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION. HAD DESERT TRAINING FOR 8 MONTHS IN THE CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA DESERTS. SHIPPED TO FORT DIX AND THEN VIA USS HERMITAGE AP-54, LANDED IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. TRAINED IN WALES AND THEN VIA LST LANDED ON UTAH BEACH. FOUGHT WITH THE 3RD ARMY IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. BATTLES: ALSACE LORRAINE, METZ, SAARLAUTERN, HAGUENAU, RHINE RIVER CROSSING, RUHR POCKET, CENTRAL GERMANY AND ENDED THE WAR IN AUSTRIA. HE DID OCCUPATION DUTY IN HOCKENHEIM, GERMANY. AT WAR'S END HE WAS SHIPPED TO THE U.S. WHERE HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. AWARDED 3 BATTLE STARS FOR HIS BRAVE SERVICE. RETIRED TO OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI.