World War II Honoree

Shelby Dade Foote, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greenville, Mississippi

Honored By

Gwyn Foote, Margaret Foote & Huger Lee Foote

Relationship

Wife & Children

SERVED AS AN ARTILLERY INSTRUCTOR AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. LATER, AS A CAPTAIN, ATTACHED TO BATTERY A, 50TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 5TH DIVISION ARTILLERY, 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN ENGLAND. DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. ARMY AND LATER ENLISTED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. STATIONED AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AT THE END OF THE WAR.