World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Daniel Townsend Pope
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Edisto Island, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; FORT BENNING AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA; TYLER, TEXAS; AND FORT GEORGE G. MEADE AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. ASSIGNED IN 1944 TO THE 28TH INFANTRY 'KEYSTONE' DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. PARTICIPATED IN THE ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AFTER V-E DAY, ASSIGNED TO MILITARY GOVERNMENT DUTIES AND SERVED IN CIVIL ADMINISTRATION. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1946 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.