World War II Honoree

Alfred S. Darley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Grand Junction, Colorado

Honored By

Patricia Darley

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED IN NOVEMBER 1944 AT FORT LOGAN, COLORADO. BASIC TRAINING IN ARKANSAS. SERVED WITH 41ST DIVISION AS A COMBAT RIFLEMAN IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SHIPPED TO HIROSHIMA, JAPAN IN SEPTEMBER 1945 TO SERVE IN U.S. ARMY OF OCCUPATION. PATROLLED THE CITY, AIDED IN DESTROYING ENEMY MATERIAL (PARTICULARLY AIRCRAFT AND CURRENCY) AND ENFORCED LOCAL AND MILITARY ORDINANCES. ALSO SERVED AS CLERK AT HEADQUARTERS, NAGOYA BASE, JAPAN IN THE OFFICE OF JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL. AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EXPERT MARKSMAN BADGE, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH BRONZE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL. ALTHOUGH RECOMMENDED FOR FURTHER TRAINING, OPTED FOR HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA IN NOVEMBER 1946. VERY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED THE COUNTRY OVERSEAS DURING THE WAR.