World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Warner Hammett, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Coweta, Oklahoma
Honored By
Marielle Hammett Kronberg
Relationship
Daughter
RADIO SIGNAL CORPS, ENLISTED IN 1940 AT THE AGE OF 19; DISCHARGED IN 1945. STATIONED FIRST IN NEWFOUNDLAND, THEN IN ENGLAND, THEN IN EUROPE. PART OF THE INVASION OF EUROPE. CROSSED THE RHINE ON AN INFLATABLE RUBBER RAFT WHILE BEING FIRED UPON BY GERMAN SNIPERS.