World War II Honoree

Percy Marvel White

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Quay, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED AND SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER WITH THE 90TH INFANTRY 'TOUGH 'OMBRES' DIVISION AT CAMP BARKELEY AT ABILENE, TEXAS; AND AT CAMP GRANITE, CALIFORNIA, A DIVISIONAL CAMP THAT WAS SOME 55 MILES EAST OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, AND PART OF THE DESERT TRAINING CENTER. PARTICIPATED IN THE DESERT TRAINING CENTER NO.3 CALIFORNIA MANEUVERS BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, 1943. HIS UNIT RELOCATED TO FORT DIX AT WRIGHTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY, AND STAGED AT CAMP KILMER AT STELTON, NEW JERSEY ABOUT MARCH 17, 1944 AWAITING OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON MARCH 23, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ABOUT APRIL 5, 1944. HIS DIVISION LANDED ACROSS UTAH BEACH AT NORMANDY FRANCE ON JUNE 8, 1944 (D-DAY+2). SERVED WITH THE 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER SERVICE STAR (5 CAMPAIGNS), WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH BRONZE PALM FOR ACTIONS BY HIS DIVISION AT THE MOSELLE AND SAAR RIVERS IN FRANCE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.