World War II Honoree

John Morgan Nichols

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montgomery, Alabama

Honored By

Joanie, Jo & Jan Nichols

Relationship

Daughters

STAFF SERGEANT. SERVED IN SOUTH PACIFIC FROM 1943 TO 1945, FOR THIRTY-TWO MONTHS AND THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OF SERVICE, WITH BASIC TRAINING IN CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA. SERVED IN NEW CALEDONIA AND IN CEBU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. IN NEW CALEDONIA, SERVED IN K9 CORPS WITH A GERMAN SHEPHERDS AND DOBERMAN PINCHERS. THEN HE SERVED IN OCCUPATION FORCE IN JAPAN, AS QUARTERMASTER CHIEF WAREHOUSEMAN, 492ND QUARTERMASTER DEPOT COMPANY. HE LEFT JAPAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1945 AFTER LOADING 5,000 TROOPS ON THE RETURN MAIDEN VOYAGE ON THE MARINE MARLIN, A NEW TROOP CARRIER. ON THE VOYAGE, HE HEARD SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY ALL THE WAY HOME. THE SHIP LANDED IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON. A TROOP TRAIN TRANSPORTED HIM TO CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI, WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED HONORABLY.