World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ossie Davis
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cogdell, Georgia
Honored By
Robert Marshall
Relationship
Grateful African-American
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY IN 1942 WHERE HE SERVED IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IN LIBERIA FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS, HELPING TO ESTABLISH A HOSPITAL THERE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS. LATER, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SPECIAL SERVICES, WHERE HE WROTE AND PRODUCED SEVERAL SHOWS FOR THE ARMY.