Biography of Jack Vaughn Jr, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Jack Vaughn Jr., received his formal education at Forrest City High School. As
World War II embroiled this nation, he joined the U. S. Army as a private in
Dec. 1942, and was assigned to the Headquarters Company, General Headquarters,
Southwest Pacific Theatre, in Brisbane, Australia. He served 34 months oveseas,
and participated in the Papuan Campaign in British New Guinea and the Dutch New
Guinea. He landed with the forces on D day in the Phillipines at Luzon and took
part in the liberation of Manilla. He was honorably discharged in Dec. 1945, at
Fort Bliss, Texas, as a Staff Sergeant. On Nov. 16, 1946, he married Miss Sally
Johnson, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Luther Johnson. He is a member of the National
Guard as a officer. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, St. Francis
County Farm Bureau, King-Beazley American Legion Post, and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. His wife is a member of the Methodist church.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas