World War II Honoree

Rembrandt Morgan, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Winfield, West Virginia

Honored By

Robert Daniel Chandler

Relationship

Son-in-Law

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY IN 1943. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, WAS SENT TO CAMP HALE, COLORADO FOR SKI TROOP TRAINING, LATER SENT TO TEXAS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING AND SENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND WAS IN NEW CALEDONIA. LATER ENGAGED THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND OCCUPIED JAPAN BEFORE RETURNING STATESIDE IN 1946. HE ATTAINED THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT.