James Sapp

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: Co. B, 1st Bn., 301 Ord. Regiment, trained at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin. Then assigned to the 601st Ord. Bn., which was formed from the 301st Regiment.

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Apr 20, 1942

Highest Rank: SGT

Honored By: Dickinson County (KS) Historical Society and Heritage Museum, and the Eisenhower Foundation.

Biography

James W. Sapp enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 20, 1942. As a Pvt., Sapp was transferred from basic training at Camp Sutton, North Carolina, to Camp McCoy in Wisconsin, with Co. B., 1st Bn., 301 Ordnance Regiment. The 301st was the nation’s first ordnance regiment. Their mission was to design and repair trucks, tanks, tractors, and other motorized war equipment on the battlefield. The 301st was the first unit of its kind ever formed in the U.S. Army, and was comprised almost totally of former automobile dealers, mechanics, salesmen, and clerks whose businesses closed after war was declared.

Sources: https://www.army.mil/article/276174/history_heritage_of_fort_mccoy_the_…, Kansas Historical Society