World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Edward E. Cave
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Maramec, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1945 IN THE CLOSING MONTHS OF HOSTILITIES. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT LEWIS AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN JAPAN AND KOREA WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER WARFARE ENDED. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.