World War II Honoree

Joseph F. Patterson, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New Bern, North Carolina

Honored By

Mr. Hal F. Humphrey

Relationship

Friend

Served from July 1943 to June 1946. Medical Officers School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Battalion Surgeon 498th Anti-Aircraft 40MM Gunnery Battalion at Riverside, California; 505th Anti-Aircraft 90 MM Gun Battalion in Oahu, Hawaii. Served with the 86th Field Hospital with surgical team in Oahu and Okinawa. Served in Korea as member of the 390th Neurosurgical Team attached to the 86th Field Hospital.