World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Raiford Chatman 'Ossie' Davis
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cogdell, Georgia
Honored By
Charles Henry Atkinson
Relationship
Vietnam Veteran
INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY IN 1942 AND SPENT NEARLY 4 YEARS IN ARMY HOSPITALS AS A MEDICAL SPECIALIST, SERVING BOTH WOUNDED TROOPS AND LOCAL INHABITANTS, IN LIBERIA AND WEST AFRICA, UNTIL HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SPECIAL SERVICES IN ITALY WHERE HE WROTE AND PRODUCED SEVERAL SHOWS.