World War II Honoree

Ernest G. Watts

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Stony Point, North Carolina

Honored By

Novaro & Jan Nichols & Georgia R. Watts

Relationship

Friends & Wife

FIRST SERGEANT. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. SERVED WITH THE YANKEE INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. DROVE FOR A MAJOR IN GERMANY AFTER THE WAR ENDED FOR 3 MONTHS, BEFORE COMING HOME TO BE DISCHARGED AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA.