World War II Honoree

Charles J. Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Corsicana, Texas

RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 1940 AS AN ARMY LIEUTENANT COLONEL SERVING AS THE LAND CLAIMS OFFICER IN LOUISIANA. ORDERED TO WAR DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN 1942 TO PERFORM SIMILAR DUTIES BUT AT A HIGHER LEVEL. BY WARS END HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COLONEL AND RETIRED IN 1945. HE RECEIVED THE ARMY COMMENDATION RIBBON AND THE LEGION OF MERIT.