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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Fess Elisha Parker, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Texas

Honored By

An Indebted American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN THE NAVY WITH HOPES OF BECOMING A PILOT. WAS TOO TALL (6'6"); THEN TRIED TO BECOME A RADIOMAN GUNNER BUT WAS TOO BIG TO FIT COMFORTABLY INTO THE REAR COCKPIT. WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS TO BE A RADIO OPERATOR. SHIPPED OUT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC SHORTLY BEFORE THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED THAT ENDED THE WAR. DISCHARGED IN 1946.