World War II Honoree

Harold J. Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Southbridge, Massachusetts

Honored By

Elizabeth

Relationship

Wife

TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT DEVANS. ENTERED UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR FLIGHT TRAINING. ASSIGNED TO ORDNANCE DEPOT AT JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AND LOADED VEHICLES AND TANKS ON FLAT BEDS FOR SHIPMENT TO EUROPE. ATTENDED INFANTRY TRAINING AT CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND AND ASSIGNED TO 3D INFANTRY DIVISION. AT END OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, SHIPPED TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN CLEARING JAPANESE FROM THE ISLAND OF LUZON AFTER VICTORY OVER JAPANESE DAY.