World War II Honoree

Kennard Bill Copeland

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Texarkana, Texas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. SERVED WITH THE INFANTRY IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN GERMANY, INCLUDING AT HITLER'S 'EAGLE'S NEST' NEAR BERCHTESGADEN. AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, TRANSFERRED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TRAINING FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN. THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN AUGUST 1945 ENDED THE WAR AND THE NEED FOR HIS INVASION FORCE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.