World War II Honoree

Marvin Lot Nies

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lodi, California

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE GRADUATED FROM LODI HIGH SCHOOL AND BEGAN COLLEGE IN 1941 AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY WITH THE INTENTION OF PURSUING A DEGREE IN ENGINEERING, HOWEVER, HIS STUDIES WERE INTERRUPTED BY WWII WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS, WHERE HE ATTENDED ARMAMENT SCHOOL AT YALE UNIVERSITY, AND GRADUATED AS AN EXPERT PISTOL SHARPSHOOTER. HE ATTAINED THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 23, 1944.