World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James T. France
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Pine City, Minnesota
Honored By
125th Minnesota National Guard Members and Their Children
ACTIVATED 2-10-1941 MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD 125TH FIELD ARTILLERY E BATTERY - CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA - 194 FIELD ARTILLERY FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY – FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA - FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA (FIELD ARTILLERY SCHOOL) AUGUST 1942 TRANSFERRED, 36TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY B, RANK T/4 SENT TO ENGLAND, TOOK PART IN AFRICAN INVASION BATTERY B ATTACHED TO BRITISH 1ST ARMY. WENT TO SICILY THEN TO SALERNO - CASSINO - ANZIO - ROME - NAPLES, ITALY - SOUTHERN FRANCE - STRASBOURG - AUSTRIA. WAS AT GARNISH, RODE 40/8 FROM NORTHERN FRANCE TO MARSELLES, BY B-17 TO CASABLANCA TO FLORIDA AND TRAIN TO FORT SNELLING, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA DISCHARGED JUNE 1945.