World War II Honoree

Ernest Chisolm Watson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Clemson, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH ARMORED FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSAULT LANDING AT SALERNO, ITALY AND LATER IN HIS BATTALION'S BREACHING OF THE SEIGFRIED LINE AND ADVANCE INTO GERMANY. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.