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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Otis Lee York

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Corinth, Mississippi

Honored By

David P. Norton

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

MASTER SERGEANT. PARATROOPER, COMBAT INFANTRY RIFLEMAN. ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY IN DECEMBER 1940. 31ST DIVISION. IN 1942, HE JOINED THE PARACHUTE FROGS OF THE 17TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. HE SAW ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WITH PATTON'S 3RD ARMY. CAPTURED BY GERMAN FORCES IN THE BLACK FOREST OF BELGIUM ON JANUARY 4, 1945, HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) UNTIL LIBERATED ON APRIL 26, 1945, BY THE BRITISH UNIT KING'S WELCH GUARDS. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER OF 1945.