World War II Honoree

Jesse C. Ewing

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Shirley, Massachusetts

Honored By

Charles B. Church III

ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY FROM ELAINE, ARKANSAS IN 1945. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA AND ADVANCED TRAINING TO BECOME A QUARTERMASTER. WAS SENT TO CALIFORNIA IN TRANSIT TO THE FAR EAST BUT ORDERS WERE CHANGED. INSTEAD, WAS SENT TO FORT JACKSON, NEW JERSEY AND THEN ON TO EUROPE. IN LAHAVRE, FRANCE, WAS ASSIGNED TO A REPLACEMENT COMPANY. THEN ON TO BELGIUM AND GERMANY. SERVED AS SUPPLY SERGEANT WITH THE 1697TH COMBAT ENGINEERS AND WITH THE BRIDGE COMPANY, BUILT BRIDGES ACROSS RIVERS. AWARDS INCLUDE THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE EUROPE-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AS A TECH SERGEANT, HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1946.