World War II Honoree

Billy Joe Hicks

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Centralia, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

INDUCTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE JANUARY 6, 1944. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WOLTERS, MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. ATTENDED CLASSES ON INTELLIGENCE AND RECONAISSANCE IN NEW YORK AND MARYLAND. SERVED WITH 319TH INFANTRY IN FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, GERMANY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RETURNED TO THE USA IN JANUARY, 1946.