World War II Honoree

Johnny Leonard Radford

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Benton, Arkansas

Honored By

Arnold A. Wright

Relationship

Friend

DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1943 AND SENT TO FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA FOR BASIC TRAINING. SENT TO TEXAS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING AND THEN OVERSEAS IN DECEMBER 1944. LANDED IN FRANCE AND WAS SENT TO GERMANY FOR MOPPING-UP OPERATIONS. IN BERLIN, ALMOST EVERY BUILDING WAS DESTROYED FROM THE ALLIED BOMBING. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY POLICE AND WAS IN BERLIN WHEN THE BIG FOUR POWER BUILDING WAS SET UP. DISCHARGED IN 1948.