VETERAN OF THE MONTH
\nPVT. AZIM EDWARD JOHNSON
\nThe Ohio County Historical Society and Veterans Museum have chosen to pay tribute during
\nthe month of July to a soldier from Ohio County who gave his all in combat for his country
\nduring WWII.<\/p>\n
PVT. Azim Edward Johnson was born in November 1923 in Ohio County to Arthur Edward
\nand Iris Johnson. He was educated in the local rural schools in the county before volunteering
\nfor service with the US Army in November, 1943. From Louisville, he was sent to Camp Fannin
\nin Texas for his basic training, then to California where he set sail in April 1944 headed to New
\nGuinea. From there he went to the Phillipine Islands in December 1944. He was involved in
\nthe invasion of the Lingayen Gulf on the following January 9th. Azim was with Company E,
\n20th Infantry Division.<\/p>\n
The last word received from Pvt. Johnson was a letter he had written while he was in convoy
\nto the Luzon Island, which was to be his last scene of action. A War Department message to
\nhis family was dated February 12, 1945 and read as follows: \u201cThe Secretary of War desires me
\nto express his deepest regret that your son, Private Azim Edward Johnson was killed in action
\non the 22nd day of January, 1945, on the island of Luzon.\u201d The family was later advised that
\nhe had been hit by a sniper.<\/p>\n
His remains were shipped \u201chome\u201d to Ohio County in August, 1948 and he was laid to rest in
\nthe Hopewell Cemetery, near McHenry beside his parents. His other family members included
\nhis brothers, William Edward and Ray Johnson, and his sisters Catherine (Mrs. Glenn Dortch),
\nHazel Regena (Mrs Carl F Embry), and Ruby Lanier. All siblings are deceased, but their
\ndescendants are still residing in Ohio County. (Some information was supplied by local<\/p>\n
family members including his oldest nephew, Don Dortch, of Franklin, KY who was a
\nchild of apx. 8 or 10 yrs old and remembers his uncle vividly . Also, Pvt. Johnson\u2019s brother
\nRay\u2019s wife, Kaye, helped with this information).<\/p>\n
An exhibit in honor of this KIA WWII soldier will be highlighted during the month of July
\nat the Ohio County Veterans Museum, which is located at 415 Mulberry St. in Hartford.
\nHours are from 9 to 3 on Saturdays. There is no admission charged, but donations are
\naccepted.<\/p>\n
The museum is not affiliated with any federal, state or local Veteran\u2019s organizations
\nand is operated by volunteers of the Ohio County Historical Society to honor local
\nveterans and military personnel, present and past, for their service to our country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VETERAN OF THE MONTH PVT. AZIM EDWARD JOHNSON The Ohio County Historical Society and Veterans Museum have chosen to pay tribute during the month of July to a soldier from Ohio County who gave his all in combat for his country during WWII. PVT. Azim Edward Johnson was born in November 1923 in Ohio County […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18,21,20,22,6],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veteran-of-the-month-2","tag-18","tag-army","tag-azim-johnson","tag-july","tag-veteran-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ochistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}