World War II Honoree

Billy Jack Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Guthrie, Oklahoma

Honored By

His Family

COMPLETED ROTC CADET TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SERVED AS A MEDIC AFTER BEING ACTIVATED. WHILE ON A TROOP TRANSPORT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI WERE BOMBED AND JAPAN SURRENDERED. HIS UNIT WAS THE FIRST OCCUPYING FORCE TO ENTER SAPPORO, JAPAN.