World War II Honoree

Jimmy Gentry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Franklin, Tennessee

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, AT AGE 16, HE AND FRIENDS WERE AT A DRUG STORE AND LEARNED OF THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII OVER A RADIO. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A 19 YEAR OLD FOOT SOLDIER IN GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF THE DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP NEAR MUNICH, GERMANY ON APRIL 29, 1945. WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE AFTERMATH OF THE GENOCIDE OF INTERNEES INCLUDING THE STARVING SURVIVORS, PILES OF DEAD BODIES, AND THE INHUMANE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE INMATES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.