World War II Honoree

Charles Jerome Bell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hartwell, Georgia

Honored By

Charles Henry Atkinson

FIRST ASSIGNED TO THE QUARTERMASTER TRAINING AT CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA. THEN TRAVELED BY TRAIN TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WHERE AS A MEMBER OF THE THE 3380TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, SAILED TO OKINAWA IN THE ASIATIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AFTER SERVING 42 MONTHS, RECEIVED ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.