World War II Honoree

Howard Glen Nunn

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Battle Creek, Michigan

Honored By

Emmajane Nunn

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED ON AUGUST 15, 1942 AND ROSE TO THE ENLISTED RANK OF SERGEANT IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. HE WAS SELECTED FOR OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) AND COMMISSIONED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN SEPTEMBER 1943. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM 1943 TO EARLY 1946. ROSE TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY AND SERVED AS BATTALION ADJUTANT AND AS A COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. ALSO SERVED AT THE CAMP HOLABIRD, MARYLAND COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE CENTER AS A CASE REVIEW EDITOR AND INSTRUCTOR. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL. WHILE SERVING IN EUROPE HIS DUTIES INCLUDED INTERROGATING PRISONERS AND ASSISTING IN RECONSTITUTING TOWNS IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.