World War II Honoree

DeWitt Wilbanks Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Houston, Texas

Honored By

Mrs. Christine Anderson

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED IN ARMY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA ON MAY 3, 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN NEW CALEDONIA UNTIL JANUARY 1945 WITH RANK OF CORPORAL. ENTERED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN JANUARY 1945 AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT AND ASSIGNED AS TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFICER ON BOARD NEW AMSTERDAM. SEPARATED AS FIRST LIEUTENANT ON MARCH 19, 1946. SERVICE MEDALS: GOOD CONDUCT, AMERICAN THEATRE, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.