World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Howard Daniels
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Melrose, Massachusetts
Honored By
Phoebe G. Wooding
Relationship
Niece
SERVED IN THE ARMY SANITARY CORPS. WAS DRAFTED UNDER THE SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT IN 1939 AND WENT IN AS A LIEUTENANT BECAUSE OF HIS SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN ENTOMOLOGY. SERVED THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC, GOING IN WITH THE FIRST WAVES OF ASSAULT TROOPS TO CLEAR THE TERRITORY OF MOSQUITOES AND OTHER HEALTH THREATS. HIS JOB WAS TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THE REMAINING TROOPS TO LAND. WAS STATIONED IN JAPAN FOR A BRIEF TIME BEFORE HIS DISCHARGE.