Lyle Thomas Lee - U.S Army - 1943-46

Lyle T. Lee of Campbell County, proudly served his country in the U.S. Army as a Tech Sergeant in the 1st Calvary Division. He served from January 1943 through December 1946, first in the Philippines and then in Japan.

A memorable experience for Tech. Sgt. Lee was on September 2, 1945 when his 1st Calvary Division was on Land Barges in the Pacific and ready to land on Japanese soil. On this day, General Douglas A. MacArthur was on-board the USS Missouri battleship and secured the unconditional surrender (Peace Treaty) of Japan to the Allied Forces, thus ending World War II on the Pacific front. Tech. Sgt. Lee remembers the sky being full of B-29 Bombers as a show of force during the surrender.

His unit was the first American Army Division to set foot on Japanese soil. He stayed in Japan until his discharge in 1946.

Foster Fuels salutes Mr. Lyle Lee and all our military veterans for a job well done.