World War II Honoree

Alvie O. Foote

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Amory, Mississippi

ENTER ACTIVE DUTY FEBRUARY 6, 1945, CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. INFANTRY BASIC TRAINING AT FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA. LATER ASSIGNED TO FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA, AND CAMP ADAIR, OREGON. DEPARTED UNITED STATES FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. ARRIVED AT UNITED STATES ARMY REPLACEMENT PERSONNEL CENTER, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. WARTIME SERVICE WITH COMPANY H, 162ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 41ST INFANTRY DIVISION AT ZAMBOANGA, MINDANEO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. POSTWAR OCCUPATION DUTY AT KURE-HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. WITNESSED HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB DESTRUCTION. REASSIGNED TO CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI, DECEMBER, 1945. NEXT ASSIGNED TO CAMP PICKETT, VIRGINIA. DEPARTED UNITED STATES FROM NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY, 1946. ARRIVE LE HAVRE, FRANCE, AND ASSIGNED TO 703RD ORDNANCE COMPANY (LIGHT MAINTENANCE), 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION, MARBURG, GERMANY. SERVED LATER ASSIGNMENT WITH UNITED STATES ARMY FIRST CONSTABULARY BRIGADE, 4TH ARMORED DIVISION AT WEISBADEN, GERMANY. DEPARTED GERMANY FROM PORT OF BREMERHAVEN, OCTOBER, 1946. ARRIVEE CAMP TILLMAN, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946. HONORABLY DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 2, 1946, AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. AWARDS: ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (JAPAN), ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY) AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.