World War II Honoree

Melville W. Paul

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Overland, Missouri

Honored By

Melville W. Paul

Relationship

Self

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING RESERVE PROGRAM IN MAY 1944 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. FOLLOWED BY ATTENDANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING IN LARAMIE. TRANSFERRED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN JANUARY, 1945 AT CAMP FANNIN, TEXAS, FOLLOWED BY OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT IN JUNE, 1945 AS INFANTRY REPLACEMENT, ARMED FORCES WESTERN PACIFIC IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES. FOLLOWING SURRENDER OF JAPANESE IN AUGUST 1945 WAS ASSIGNED TO GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, RECOVERED PERSONNEL DIVISION. SPECIAL TROOPS AS A TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE SERGEANT. PROCESSING CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS BY SPOUSES OR RELATIVES OF DECEASED FILIPINO SOLDIERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC -PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE RIBBON. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1946.