World War II Honoree

Milford Frederick Gahagan, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Yeagertown, Pennsylvania

HE ENTERED THE MILITARY SERVICE ON APRIL 27, 1942. HE RECEIVED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA. HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE AND WAS STATIONED IN NORTH AFRICA AS A REGIMENTAL SERGEANT FOR HEADQUARTERS SERVICE BATTERY 5889. HE WAS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN TANK REPAIR SERVICE BATTERY, STATIONED AT CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA. HE LATER SERVED WITH THE U.S. ARMY MILITARY POLICE STATIONED AT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA AND LATER AT WASHINGTON, D.C. IN APRIL OF 1945 IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HE SERVED AS AN HONOR GUARD ESCORT PALLBEARER FOR THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. WHO DIED AT WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA ON APRIL 12, 1945.