World War II Honoree

Doug Fee

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Twisp, Washington

Honored By

Lynn Borg & LTC Charles Borg, USA-Ret.

SERVED WITH 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAMPAIGN IN ALASKA. IN JUNE 1942 THE JAPANESE HAD ATTACKED DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA, AND HAD PLACED INVASION FORCES ON THE ISLANDS OF ATTU AND KISKA. IN MAY 1943 THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION, WHICH HAD BEEN TRAINED FOR DESERT WARFARE IN NORTH AFRICA, WAS ORDERED TO ATTACK AND RETAKE ATTU. THIS BATTLE WAS TO PRODUCE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CASUALTY RATES OF THE WAR. THE JAPANESE FOUGHT TO THE LAST MAN IN THEIR SUICIDE ATTACK AT ENGINEER HILL. AFTER ATTU WAS SECURED THE INVASION FORCE ATTACKED KISKA ISLAND BUT THE JAPANESE HAD VACATED THE ISLAND. REASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN 1944 AND SERVED IN AN ARMORED UNIT UNDER GENERAL GEORGE PATTON. DISCHARGED IN 1945 HOLDING THE RANK OF CORPORAL. EARNED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH BATTLE STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BATTLE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.