World War II Honoree

Ward H. Goodenough

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE SERVED AS A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE US ARMY FROM NOVEMBER 1941 TO DECEMBER 1945. DURING THE LAST YEARS OF THE WAR HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH UNIT TO STUDY CERTAIN INITIATIVES. HE AND HIS UNIT POSITED THAT INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES WAS DESIRABLE AND THAT THE G.I. BILL WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF RETURNING SOLDIERS AND STABILIZE CIVILIAN SOCIETY.