World War II Honoree

Hosie Milford Harris

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Gould, Oklahoma

Honored By

Lonnie Donaldson

Relationship

Cousin

VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICE TO THE ARMY SEPTEMBER 10, 1940. HE WAS IN THE MEDICAL CORPS AND RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT FORT DOUGLAS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. HE REPORTED TO THE MCKINLEY HOSPITAL AT MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BEFORE THE U.S. BECAME INVOLVED IN THE WAR. HE BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR TO THE JAPANESE MAY 6, 1942. HE WAS KILLED ON THE PRISONER OF WAR SHIP THE 'ENOURA MARU' WHICH WAS BOMBED AND SUNK BY ALLIED PLANES, JANUARY 9, 1945.