World War II Honoree

Gene Douglass

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Temple, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, BEFORE ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE IN JULY, 1941. SERVED INITIALLY IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN LONDON, ENGLAND AS A TECHNICIAN WITH ARMY HOSPITALS. FOLLOWING D-DAY (JUNE 6, 1944), REASSIGNED TO ARMY GROUND FORCES ADVANCING ACROSS FRANCE INTO GERMANY. AFTER GERMANY'S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, PARTICIPATED FOR SOME 6 MONTHS, AS A MEMBER OF ARMY OCCUPATION FORCES ENGAGED IN GUARDING GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.