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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Adam E. Potts

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

Paula Lucy Delosh

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

COLONEL. COMMANDED THE 98TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT IN HAWAII, WHICH KNOCKED DOWN THE FIRST JAPANESE PLANE OVER PEARL HARBOR. POST COMMANDER OF CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE 1942 TO JULY 1944. TRANSFERRED TO COMMAND OF FORT STORY, VIRGINIA AND AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE HARBOR DEFENSES IN THAT AREA, RETURNING TO ASSOCIATION WITH HIS PARENT BRANCH, THE COAST ARTILLERY. BECAME POST COMMANDER OF CAMP PICKETT IN FEBRUARY 1945.