Frazier, Willie L., St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
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From "St. Helena Vets Remember World War II: Personal Interviews
With World War II Vets", published by St. Helena Historical
Association, 1995.  Compiled and edited by Inez Bridges Tate and
reprinted with permission.

     Willie L. Frazier (Bill) was born and raised in the Red

Bluff Community.  He graduated from Oakland High School in 1938.

     Following graduation, he worked on the family farm and did

some construction work on a power line that went from Amite to

Natchez, Mississippi.

     Bill was drafted into the Army on September 13, 1941, re-

porting to Camp Livingston near Shreveport then to Camp Shelby,

Mississippi.  Basic training was at a camp near Macon, Georgia.

He was in Macon when Pearl Harbor was bombed and war was declar-

ed.  Additional training was at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.  At

Fort Jackson, he recalls that he saw and visited with Wilmer

(Tut) Blades.

     He was then sent to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and then boarded

a troop ship for Scotland.  He then went into England where he

was a medical aid man in a hospital.

     Bill went into Paris after D Day and also to Bordeaux,

France.  He was assigned to a hospital helping to treat the sick

and wounded.  While in France, Bill saw Charlie Ray Allen and

Clifton Lee, both home boys that he was mighty glad to see.

     On his discharge is noted the following: "Battles and

Campaigns: Northern France; Rhineland.  Decorations: Amer Def

Med; ATO Med; EAMETO Med; Good Conduct Med; World War II Vic Med;

Foreign Service: 1 year, 9 months, 6 days."

     Bill returned to the United States on a troop ship and 

traveled to Camp Shelby, Mississippi where he received his 

discharge on December 2, 1945.

     Returning to St. Helena, he farmed for while and worked

for the Highway Department on a district level.  He retired from

the Highway Department in 1973.  Bill and a newphew, Albert Frazier

are partners in a dairy operation. He enjoys rabbit hunting and

visiting relatives and friends in the community.  Bill is a 

member of the American Legion Post in Greensburg and is a life-

time member of Center Methodist Church.  An affable, well-liked

person, Bill is a bachelor.

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Newspaper Clippings:

3 Jan 1942
Pvt. Willie L. Frazier of Fort
Jackson, South Carolina, is spend-
ing his furlough with friends and
relatives of the First Ward.

25 Feb 1944
Pvt. Willie L. Frazier of Fort
Jackson, S.C., spent a 10-day fur-
lough recently with his relatives
and friendss.  Pvt. Frazier recently
received a good conduct medal.  He 
is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Frazier of the First Ward.

31 Mar 1944
Pvt. Willie Frazier of Liverpool,
is now somewhere in England and
has been in the U.S. Army for the
past three years.  Pvt. Frazier is
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
A.J. Frazier.

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