World War II Honoree

Lewis Bond Morrow, Jr.

Hometown

Hernando, Mississippi

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE (AFS) AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944. TRAINED AS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER IN HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA AND DROVE AN AMBULANCE WITH THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE WAR. HE WAS TO BE PART OF THE INITIAL BRITISH ASSAULT GROUP IN THE INVASION OF SINGAPORE; BUT THE WAR ENDED BEFORE THE INVASION TOOK PLACE AND HE WAS SENT TO THE GARRISON IN KARACHI, INDIA (NOW IN SINDH PAKISTAN) INSTEAD. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1946. THE AFS WAS A PRIVATE CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED AMBULANCE AND MOTOR TRANSPORT DRIVERS. IT WAS INITIALLY SELF-FUNDED AND LATER FUNDED IN PART BY THE NATIONAL WAR FUND WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OVERSEAS DRIVERS WERE PROVIDED A $20 MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR THEIR SERVICE.