World War II Honoree

Garnett Ray Baker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bagdad, Kentucky

Honored By

Sandra Hester

Relationship

Daughter

APRIL 1942 UNTIL AUGUST 1943, SERVED WITH THE 2813TH ARMY ENGINEERS WHOSE MISSION WAS TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A RUNWAY IN ALASKA FOR PLANES BEING TRANSFERRED TO RUSSIA. FROM AUGUST 1943 TO FEBRUARY 1945, HE WAS IN SCHOOL IN THE U.S. IN FEBRUARY 1945, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE WAS PLATOON SERGEANT FOR AN ARMY ENGINEER REPAIR PLATOON WHOSE MAIN MISSION WAS TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR PUMP STATIONS ON FUEL PIPELINES. HE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THERE IN JULY 1945 TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE ARMY ENGINEERS WHERE HIS UNIT'S MAIN MISSION WAS ON LUZON PENINSULA IN THE PHILIPPINES TO BUILD PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS.