World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jack A. Ford
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Durango, Colorado
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
LEFT HIGH SCHOOL DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR TO SERVE WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. THEN ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATERS. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.