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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Wendell C. Wise

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Danville, Illinois

Honored By

Wendell Wise

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN 1943 AT CAMP GRANT, AFTER TRAVELING FROM BASE TO BASE FOR TRAINING, STEAMED OUT FOR GUADALCANAL ON FRENCH FREIGHTER. FOUGHT WITH BATTERY C, 437TH GUN BATTALION THROUGH GUADALCANAL, NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES AND ENDED UP IN OSAKA, JAPAN. HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON JANUARY 27, 1946 FROM JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, 4 OVERSEAS BARS AND THE VICTORY RIBBON.