World War II Honoree

Joe Henry Coley

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY BY THE NAVY IN 1941. SERVED 2 YEARS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WITH THE U.S. MARINES. REASSIGNED TO THE AMERICAN THEATER AND STATIONED AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. CONTINUED TO WORK AS A MEDICAL OFFICER WITHOUT PAY AFTER THE WAR WITH THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF COMMANDER AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.