Smith, John M. (Marvin), Jr., 1914-2003

Dr. John M. Smith, Jr., was born to John M. Smith and Willie V. Burleson Smith on June 14, 1914, in Burleson County, Texas. He expired on March 16, 2003, in San Antonio, TX, where he had resided for 8 decades.

Dr. Smith was a graduate of Main Avenue High School, North Texas State University and Tulane University School of Medicine, receiving his Doctor of Medicine in 1940. After two years of post-graduate medical training, he joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps. His unit, established as a general hospital, deployed a tent hospital in the dunes above Normandy Beach to care for the wounded from the liberation of France. With France secured, the unit occupied a 3000 bed facility in Metz, becoming the principal facility to receive the casualties from the Battle of the Bulge.

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