World War II Honoree

Charley Mack Radford

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ellison, West Virginia

Honored By

Lonnie Okes, Jr.

Relationship

Cousin

INDUCTED INTO ARMY AT FORT THOMAS, KENTUCKY, APRIL 11, 1942 AS MEMBER OF COMPANY C, 15TH TANK BATTALION, INFANTRY COMPONENT ARMY OF UNITED STATES. FOUGHT IN THE BATTLES OF NORMANY, NORTHERN FRANCE AND THE RHINELAND. WOUNDED NOVEMBER 25, 1944. ESCAPED FROM A DESTROYED TANK AND STEPPED ON A LAND MINE. WAS DISCHARGED AT CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 24, 1945.