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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James Eli Mitchell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Saluda County, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY THE DAY FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. ENTERED SERVICE AT FORT JACKSON AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. UNTIL MAY 1944. THEN ATTACHED TO A MEDICAL UNIT AT CAMP PATRICK HENRY AT ORIANA, VIRGINIA UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER 1944. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.