World War II Honoree

L. C. 'Bud' Epperson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Petersburg, Virginia

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DECLARED A STATE OF WAR EXISTED. SERVED FOR THREE YEARS, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND AWARDED THE ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. ON DECEMBER 8, 1941, THE DAY AFTER THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, HE VOLUNTARILY REENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR. SERVED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AWARDED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.