Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Selma, Alabama
Honored By
Charles Henry Atkinson
After high school, he joined the U.S. Army and was sent for basic training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. After that, he was sent to Quartermaster Training School at Camp Lee, Virginia (outside of Petersburg), where he received special training in supplies. In 1943, Montgomery of the 1051st Quartermaster Company of the 96th Air Service Group, attached to the 332nd Air Fighter Group was deployed to Italy. He served there until the end of WWII.