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Texans served and died in World War I!! I une 6 marks the 50th anniversary of the landing of Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy,France, to drive the Naziarmy back into GermanyU.S. General Dwight D.Eisenhower, who was bom in the North Texas town of Denison, directed the Allied invasion Of the16.5 million U S troops who served in World War II, about 1 5 million men were trained for military service on Texas bases, while 21 prisoner-of-war camps were located in the state Of the 830,000 men and 12,200 women from Texas who served in the war, more than 14.000 were killed in battleTexas recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor in WWII*Lucian Adams Army Staff Sergeant, Port Arthur William James Bordelon Marine Staff Sergeant, San Antonio, John Duncan Butkeiey Navy Lieutenant Commander Horace 8. Carswell, Jr., Army Air Corps Major. Fort Worth, Robert Q. Cole. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Fort Sam Houston. Samuel David Deatey Navy Commander, Dallas, Forrest E. Everhart. Army Tech Sergeant, Texas City James H. Fields, Army 1st Lieutenant, Caddo, Thomas W. Fowler, Army 2nd Lieutenant, Wichita Fails, Marcario Oar els Army Staff Sergeant, Sugar Land, William Georgs Harrell, Marine Sergeant, Rio Grande City, James L. Harris, Army 2nd Lieutenant, Hillsboro, William Dean Hawkins, Manne 1st Lieutenant, Silvestre S. Herrera Army Private First Class, El Paso, Uoyd H. Hughes Army 2nd Lieutenant, Corpus Christ, Johnnie David Hutchins Seaman First Class, Weimer; John R. Kane, Army Air Corps Colonel, McGregor; Neel E. Kearby, Army Air Corps Colonel, Wichrta Fails, George D. Keathley, Army Staff Sergeant, Oiney; Truman Kimbro Army Technician Fourth Grade, Madisonville, Jack L. Knight, Army 1st Lieutenant, Gamer; Raymond L. Knight, Army Air Corps 1st * Lieutenant, Houston, Turney W. Leonard. Army 1st Lieutenant, Dallas, James M. Logan Army Sergeant. McNeil, Joee M. Lopez Army Sergeant, Mission, Jack Lummus, Manne 1st Lieutenant, Ennia; Jack W. Mathis Army Air Corps 1st Lieutenant, San Angelo, John C. Morgan. Army Air Corps 2nd Lieutenant, Vernon; Audie L. Murphy, Army 2nd Lieutenant, Farmersville; Charles Howard Roan, Marine Private 1st Class. Claude, James E. Robinson, Jr., Army 1st Ueutenant, Waco; Cleto Rodriguez, Army Tech Sergeant, San Marcos; George B. Turner, Army Pnvate First Class, Longview; Herman C. Wallace, Army Pnvate 1st Class, Lubbock, EH Whiteiey, Army 1 st Lieutenant, Florence‘List include* name rank and home town or city of sntry into the service, if availableSOURCES Department of Veteran* Afteir*. Veteran* Administration, Texas Veteran* Commission, Texa* Almanac, CompuServe end John Sharp, Texa* Comptroller ot PuOlic Accoun'sAllied forces lend on Normandy beachesJune 6,1944
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