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C. E. "Bill" McCutcheon

He entered WWII in December, 1944 and had his basic training at Camp Atterbury, IN.  He was sent to Fort Riley, KS, Fort Meade, MD and to Camp Stoneman, CA.  In May, 1945, he was shipped to Luzon in the Philippines.  He was stationed in Japan for 1 year and 8 days when the war ended.  Coming home, he was sent to Fort Lewis, WA and received his discharge at Fort Bragg, NC in November 1946.

The ship he was on in Japan was docked beside the USS Missouri at the time the peace agreement was signed with Japan.  He received the following medals (1) Asiatic Pacific Theater Service Medal, (2) Philippine Liberation Service Medal, (3) Good Conduct Medal, (4) WWII Victory Medal and (5) Occupation Medal Japan.