World War II Honoree

Jack DeForest Fetzer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Helena, Oklahoma

Honored By

William E. Shaklee

Relationship

Friend

JOINED THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE AND IN THE SUMMER OF 1943 HE WAS SENT TO CAMP MAXEY NEAR PARIS, TEXAS, FOR BASIC TRAINING. FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING HE WAS SENT TO MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, TO FINISH PRE-MED STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THEN TO BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE ARMY SENT HIM TO BROOKS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THE SUMMER OF 1944. THAT FALL HE ATTENDED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN AN ACCELERATED CLASS SCHEDULE AND WAS STILL IN MEDICAL SCHOOL WHEN THE ENDED.