World War II Honoree

Marion Hansell Furr

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Aberdeen, Mississippi

Honored By

William Frazier Furr

Relationship

Son

JOINED IN JANUARY 1943. THE CITADEL, OCTOBER 1943 TO MARCH 1944, TWO TERMS, ENGINEERING, ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM. BATTLE OF THE BULGE CURTAILED ALL BUT THE MEDICINE AND DENTAL PROGRAMS SO ON TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, APRIL 1944 TO JANUARY 1945, THREE TERMS, PRE PROFESSIONAL, ASTP. ON VARSITY SOCCER AND SOFTBALL TEAMS, BECAME GUIDON BEARER WITHOUT TRAINING, REWROTE THE MANUAL AS A RESULT. THOROUGHLY EXPLORED AND ENJOYED BALTIMORE. THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SEPTEMBER 1945 TO JUNE 1946. ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM DISCONTINUED, STUDENTS DISCHARGED WITH OPTION TO CONTINUE UNDER THE G.I. BILL.