- 1943 – Camp Claiborne
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- Post VE Day - 1945
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- Jack Morris entered the service on December 3rd, 1942 from Poplar
Bluff, MO.
- Upon completion of his basic training at Camp Claiborne, LA,
- he was assigned to the 409th Regiment, Company D -
Heavy Weapons.
- He served as a .30-cal water-cooled (Heavy) machine gunner.
- He participated in the 3d Army Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943
and
- was later moved to Camp Howze as cadre. In September of
’44
- he was transported to Camp Shanks and boarded the USS Monticello.
- He arrived in Marseille, France on Oct. 20, 1944.
Morris fought through
- the Vosges Mountains, Alsace, Germany and Austria as part of
- General Alexander Patch’s 7th Army.
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- Morris advanced in rank and is known to have been a Section
Sergeant
- in the later stages of the War.
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- Some of Morris’ war time activities are referenced in the
book,
- They Made Me a Spy, by George F. Combs.
- Jack passed away on April 8, 2001.
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