World War II Honoree

Marshal C. Fowlks

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Newbern, Tennessee

Honored By

M. H. Parnell

Relationship

Friend

MARSHAL JOINED THE NAVY IN 1940. HE DID TRAINING AT THE NAVAL STATION IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. HE SPENT SOME TIME IN HAWAII FOR MORE TRAINING, THEN WAS SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES WHERE HE OPERATED HEAVY EQUIPMENT BUILDING AN AIR BASE. WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER HE RETURNED TO THE STATES AND WAS DISCHARGED IN 1945.