Soldier Details

Division:

Army

Theater of Operation:

European

Honored By:

The Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

James South was born in northeast Texas, 10-07-1919 where his family were sharecroppers. He joined the Army in 1940 at the beginning of World War II. In 1944, South deployed to Normandy seven days after D-Day. The Allies liberated the French City of Caen on July19 and P:aris on Aug 25. Courtesy of news.va.gov