World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Merton Hughes Barrett
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Honored By
Joe Feaster
Relationship
Fellow Veteran
ARMY MASTER SERGEANT. AT MACDILL FIELD, TAMPA, HE WAS CHOIR DIRECTOR AND SOLOIST FOR THE MACDILL FIELD CHAPEL. IN FRANCE, HE TRAINED IN CODES AND MESSAGES AND DELIVERED THE MESSAGE TO GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER, NEAR PARIS, THAT THE WAR WAS OFFICIALLY OVER.