World War II Honoree

Chester Marine Bailey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Keota, Haskell County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN JULY, 1945, IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE WAR. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP FANNIN AT TYLER, TEXAS, AND THEN WAS STATIONED AT FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA GUARDING PRISONERS. ALSO SERVED ELSEWHERE IN GEORGIA, INDIANA, OHIO, AND SOUTH CAROLINA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.