World War II Honoree

William Henry Harrison Morris, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ocean Grove, New Jersey

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

As Major General, he served as Commanding General of the II Armored Corps and was sent to Italy as a Ground Force Observer for the Salerno landings. After returning to the States, he became Commanding General of the 10th Armored Division and went overseas on the Western Front. Participated in the Battle of the Bulge and was then assigned to command VI Corps in the U.S. Seventh Army in the US Sixth Army Group, which drove from the Rhine to Italy. From 1945, he served on the War Department Personnel Board in Washington, D.C.