World War II Honoree

Oscar William Patterson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Robbinsville, North Carolina

Honored By

Cecil Patterson

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED IN U.S. ARMY JANUARY 7, 1942. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WHEELER, GEORGIA AND INDIAN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, TAKEN ON SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH THE 148TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 37TH DIVISION FROM JUNE, 1942 UNTIL FEBRUARY, 1945, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS CRITICALLY WOUNDED. RETURNED TO THE STATES BY HOSPITAL SHIP FOR MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND RECUPERATION, HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JULY, 1946.