World War II Honoree

Jack Lee Drummond

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Mary Jo Harrison Drummond

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON NOVEMBER 30, 1944. ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON DECEMBER 8, 1944 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. SERVED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER, ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND THEN WITH COMMODITY COORDINATED GROUP UNIT NUMBER 3, AT CAMP STONEMAN IN PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT AGANA, GUAM WITH THE NAVAL AIR BASE, NAVY # 943 UNTIL 1946. THEN REASSIGNED TO THE NAVY V-12 (STUDENT OFFICER COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM) UNIT AT CENTRAL COLLEGE IN FAYETTE, MISSOURI. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RATING OF MAILMAN THIRD CLASS ON JULY 18, 1946 AT NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.