World War II Honoree

James K. Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Joseph, Tennessee

Honored By

James K. Hill II

Relationship

Son

ASSIGNED TO 25TH INFANTRY 35TH DIVISION. SCHOFIELD BARRACKS PEARL HARBOR HAWAII. SURVIVED JAPAN'S ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941. SUBSEQUENTLY WAS TRAINED IN JUNGLE WARFARE AND SHIPPED TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND SERVED IN HEAVY COMBAT OPERATIONS ON GUADALCANAL, VELLA LAVELLA SUSTAINED SERIOUS NECK INJURY WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL SHIP AND TRANSPORTED BY SHIP TO NEW CALEDONIA FOR TREATMENT AND RECOVERY. FOLLOWING HIS RECOVERY HE WAS SHIPPED HOME IN 1945 FOR HONORABLE DISCHARGE. ALSO IN 1944 SAME TIME AS HIS INJURY, HIS BROTHER WAS ASSIGNED WITH THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION.