World War II Honoree

Ernest 'Jack' M. Morris

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Honored By

Jewell Morris

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED THE SERVICE ON DECEMBER 3, 1942. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING WITH THE 103RD INFANTRY DIVISION AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA. ASSIGNED TO THE 409TH REGIMENT, COMPANY D, HEAVY WEAPONS. SERVED AS A .30-CALIBER WATER-COOLED (HEAVY) MACHINE GUNNER. PARTICIPATED IN THE 3RD ARMY LOUISIANA MANEUVERS IN 1943 AND WAS LATER MOVED TO CAMP HOWZE, TEXAS AS CADRE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1944, HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK, WHERE HE BOARDED THE USS MONTICELLO. HE ARRIVED IN MARSEILLES, FRANCE ON OCTOBER 20, 1944. FOUGHT THROUGH THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS, ALSACE, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AS PART OF GENERAL ALEXANDER PATCH'S 7TH ARMY. ADVANCED IN RANK AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN A SECTION SERGEANT IN THE LATER STAGES OF THE WAR. RECEIVED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.