World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Homer Phillips
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Somerset, Kentucky
Honored By
Ms. Diane Phillips Whitman
Relationship
Daughter
DISCHARGED FROM THE 784TH ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. ENTERED AS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER THE 307TH BARRAGE BATTALION COMPANY, BATTERY C, CAMP TYSON, TENNESSEE FEBRUARY 18, 1942. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL IN 2 MONTHS. DEPLOYED TO HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN IN MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS. DEPLOYED TO THE 784TH ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTING COMPANY IN LOUISIANA UNTIL FEBRUARY 1943 WHEN TRANSFERRED TO AFRICA. FOUGHT IN AFRICA, SOUTHERN FRANCE AND RHINELAND. WOUNDED IN ACTION.