World War II Honoree

Murray B. Chidester

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Toledo, Ohio

Honored By

William Staudenmaier

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED SERVICE FEBRUARY, 1943. GRADUATED FROM FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. FIELD ARTILLERY OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN 1944. ASSIGNED TO INFANTRY SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. THEN SENT TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND; CAMP ADAIR, OREGON; AND CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA. DECEMBER, 1945 WAS WITH 3RD ARMY IN GERMANY AND STAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1946. RECEIVED WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL. RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.