World War II Honoree

Louis Fox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Honored By

Norman Gelfand

Relationship

Friend

MAJOR. ENLISTED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD IN 1940 AS A PRIVATE; ACTIVATED IN JANUARY 1941. EMBARKED IN JANUARY 1942 AND SERVED AT NEW CALEDONIA, GUADALCANAL, FIJI AND BOUGAINVILLE. AFTER SERVING IN THE THE AMERICAL DIVISION AS A CLASS I SUPPLY SERGEANT, ATTENDED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS), NEW CALEDONIA AND THEN SERVED AS A DIVISION SUPPLY OFFICER. COMPLETED SERVICE AS THE DIVISION ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER. AWARDED BRONZE STAR FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN BOUGAINVILLE IN 1944.