World War II Honoree

Terrell Covington, Jr. M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

GRADUATED FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN SAINT LOUIS IN DECEMBER, 1943. ENTERED THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS WITH THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. BECAUSE INTERNSHIPS WERE CURTAILED DUE TO THE WAR, HE WAS SENT TO PATERSON, NEW JERSEY WHERE HE SPENT 18 MONTHS IN A ROTATING INTERNSHIP. UPON COMPLETION, WAS PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT AND SENT TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR OFFICER TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THEN ASSIGNED TO SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA TO SERVE AS A WARD PHYSICIAN OF A 1200-BED TEMPORARY HOSPITAL, TREATING SICK AND WOUNDED VETERANS. AFTER 9 MONTHS, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO FORT BELVOIR AT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA AND BECAME CHIEF OF MEDICINE AND HEADED THE DISPENSARY. AFTER THIS 9-MONTH STINT, THE WAR ENDED. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.