WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

John J. Rasmussen

Entered Service: October 2, 1942.

Branch of Service: Army.

Trained at Camp Adair, Oregon; Fort Lewis, Washington; Bend, Oregon; Camp White, Oregon; San Luis Obispo, California; Camp Calhoun, Camp Beale, Oregon, Camp Stoneman, California.

Overseas: July 28, 1944.

Theatre of Operation: South Pacific.

Engagements:  Leyte, Okinawa. 

Medals Earned: Good Conduct Medal.

Returned to U.S.:  January 11, 1946.

Discharged: January 19, 1946, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.  

Rank: Private First Class. 

Total Months in Service: Forty months, and seventeen days.