World War II Honoree

Jarvis Addison Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lubbock, Texas

Honored By

Jarvis Addison Wright

ENLISTED IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS IN APRIL OF 1942. SENT TO FORT SILL IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. THEN WAS SENT TO CAMP WALLACE IN SOUTH TEXAS, WHERE HE TOOK BASIC TRAINING. HE WAS SELECTED TO CADRE AND HE WAS GIVEN THE RANK OF CORPORAL. AFTER ABOUT 10 MONTHS, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE PARATROOPERS. SENT TO FORT BENNING IN GEORGIA WITH THE 542ND REGIMENT. THERE HE WAS GIVEN THE RANK OF SERGEANT. WENT OVERSEAS TO MANILA AND HELPED CAPTURE LUZON. JUMPED ON LUZON, OKINAWA AND OTHER ISLANDS. WAS ATTACHED TO THE 11TH AIRBORNE. HAD 26 JUMPS WHEN THE WAR ENDED. WAS ON THE FIRST PLANE THAT LANDED AT THE AIRFIELD IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN BEFORE THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED ON THE USS MISSOURI. DISCHARGED IN EL PASO, TEXAS IN JANUARY OF 1945.