World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Mary Book Farmer
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Honored By
Children
ENLISTED ON 20TH BIRTHDAY MAY 27, 1944. FIRST DAY OF ACTIVE DUTY WAS JUNE 6, 1944 D-DAY INVASION IN EUROPE. DID NOT COMPLETE BASIC TRAINING AT FORT OGLETHORPE DUE TO BEING SELECTED FOR SPECIALISTS SCHOOL AT ORLANDO AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA. COMPLETED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COURSE THERE; WAS ASSIGNED TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE TACTICAL COMMAND, OHIO. SERVED AT NEWARK AIR COMMAND, NEW JERSEY; JEFFERSON BARRACKS, ST. LOUIS; AND FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY, THE LATTER TO PROCESS DISCHARGE RECORDS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL.