World War II Honoree

George Allen Eddlemon, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mascot, Tennessee

Honored By

Joseph D. Eddlemon

Relationship

Brother

ON CORREGIDOR FROM EARLY 1941 UNTIL MAY 1942. REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION APRIL 1942. WHEN FORCES ON CORREGIDOR SURRENDERED, HE DID NOT SURRENDER. MADE HIS WAY ACROSS MANILA BAY WHERE HE OPERATED WITH NATIVES UNTIL CAPTURED BY JAPANESE IN 1943. JAPANESE COURT-MARTIALED HIM AFTER A SEVERE INTERROGATION AND IMPRISONED HIM AS A GUERRILLA. ESCAPED PRISON AND LED A GUERRILLA BAND UNTIL OUR FORCES INVADED. RETURNED HOME IN 1945.