World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Robert Aydelotte
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Appleton City, Missouri
Honored By
James Robert Aydelotte
ENLISTED DECEMBER 16, 1942 IN ANTI-AIRCRAFT. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AND TRANSFERRED TO OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL, CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA. COMMISSIONED 2ND LIEUTENANT AND TRANSFERRED TO CAMP HAAN, CALIFORNIA WITH 126TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. IN FEBRUARY 1944, TRANSFERRED TO PHILADELPHIA ORDNANCE PROCUREMENT DISTRICT IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA DOING AMMUNITION PROCUREMENT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR AMMUNITION PROCUREMENT DURING 1945 BATTLE OF THE BULGE.