World War II Honoree

Brison Dowling Gooch

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bar Harbor, Maine

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Not Determined

SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERTIONS (ETO) IN GERMANY AND BELGIUM FROM 1945-1947, DURING AND AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. HE SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER THE WAR AND WAS PRESENT AT THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL AT NUREMBERG, GERMANY BETWEEN NOVEMBER 20, 1945-OCTOBER 1, 1946. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.