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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Austin Watson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Family

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

DRAFTED SUMMER 1941. SERVED IN G-2 ARMY INTELLIGENCE WITH GENERAL HODGES AND COLONEL DICKSON. WENT IN ON D-DAY AND CROSSED REMAGEN BRIDGE WITH GENERAL HODGES. WAS A CARTOGRAPHER. WAS TO BE PROMOTED TO MASTER SERGEANT AT CONCLUSION OF WAR, BUT DID NOT EVER RECEIVE THE RANK NOTIFICATION.