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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Charles Franklin Hendrickson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pocahontas, Arkansas

Honored By

Wife, Children and Family

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Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY; FEBRUARY 10, 1941 AND SERVED UNTIL HE WAS WOUNDED IN DECEMBER 1944. THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE AIR FORCE IN FEBRUARY, 1945. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. HAULED SUPPLIES TO THE TROOPS IN GERMANY. SERVED IN INFANTRY AND FOUGHT THE JAPANESE FIRST AND WAS ON A TROOP TRAIN IN FRANCE GOING TO FIGHT THE GERMANS WHEN THE TRAIN WAS BOMBED. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 17, 1945.