World War II Honoree

Gilbert Ivan Davenport

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Manhattan, Kansas

Honored By

Warren W. Davenport & Monica Davenport Rose

Relationship

Brother & Niece

MASTER SERGEANT. SERVED FROM MAY 1943 TO JANUARY 1946. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AND WAS SENT TO TEXAS. BUT ONCE THERE AND WHEN ASKED, HE SAID HE HAD SOME SKILLS AS A COURT REPORTER SO HE WAS SENT TO ENGLAND MARCH 1944. HE WAS 1 OF THE 4 COURT REPORTERS ASSIGNED TO THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE SERVING GENERAL EISENHOWER AND HIS STAFF IN LONDON, ENGLAND. THEIR HEADQUARTERS WERE LOCATED ON 'BUZZ BOMB ALLEY'. ALL OF GENERAL EISENHOWER'S SECRET COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WAR ZONES WERE HANDLED BY THESE COURT REPORTERS BEFORE THEY LEFT HIS COMMAND.