World War II Honoree

Leon Langley Munson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Carthage, Illinois

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

HE HAD 3 BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE MILITARY. DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE AND SENT TO THE CHEMICAL WARFARE REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER AT CAMP SIBERT, AT ATTALIA, ALABAMA FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE TRAINING. SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, PRIMARILY IN ENGLAND, FOR SOME 19 MONTHS. HE ALSO SERVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. AFTER THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE, HE WAS SENT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES TO PREPARE FOR FURTHER DEPLOYMENT TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED AND THE WAR ENDED. AS HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POINTS FOR DISCHARGE, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO FORT CUSTER AT BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.