World War II Honoree

Francis Poppleton Gunnell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bridge, Idaho

Honored By

Bernice Gunnell Zobell

Relationship

Sister

DRAFTED INTO THE SERVICE IN 1941 BEFORE PEARL HARBOR. SERVED AS A MECHANIC IN GENERAL PATTON'S 3RD ARMY IN EUROPE. TRAINED AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY AND IN ENGLAND UNTIL THE ALLIES LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. SERVED WITH GENERAL PATTON'S ARMY RED BALL EXPRESS, KEEPING THE TANKS AND VEHICLES GOING THROUGH FRANCE INTO GERMANY TO THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE IN MAY 1945. ATTAINED RANK OF CORPORAL.