World War II Honoree

Buel M. Conger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Memphis, Michigan

Honored By

The Conger Family

DRAFTED AT AGE 18. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY AT CAMP CUSTER, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN IN MAY 1943. BASIC TRAINING WAS AT THE JEFFERSON BARRACKS OUTSIDE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI. LATER HE WAS SENT TO CAMP CROWDER, IN MISSOURI. IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1943 WAS TRANSFERRED TO DREW FIELD NEAR TAMPA, FLORIDA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. HE TRAINED IN THE ARMY SIGNAL CORPS AND LEARNED MORSE CODE. SENT TO PINEDALE, CALIFORNIA TO LEARN RADAR OPERATIONS ON OSCILLOSCOPE. HE RETURNED TO MICHIGAN FROM CALIFORNIA AS THE WAR ENDED.