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Post 347 was named after Booker T. Oliver, who died in 1947 from wounds inflicted as a sailor, while serving in
the US Navy over the Pacific. For his service, he received the PURPLE HEART. His wife, Julie Merchant who was
a resident of the Fairfield community, mourned him. His in-laws, Comrade Willis J. Merchant and Willie merchant
Jr., were both charter members of Post 347.
"The PURPLE HEART itself is what signified a hero of the Revolutionary War." Prior to 1941, the Navy
Department did not authorize the issue of the Purple Heart, but Franklin D. Roosevelt amended that matter. By
Executive Order on December 3, 1942, the award was extended to the Navy, Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard
beginning December 6, 1941. The conditions for the award were "a wound which necessitates treatment by a
medical officer and which is received in action with the enemy, may in the judgement of the commander, is
authorized to make the award be construed as resulting from a singularly meritorious act of essential service."
the US Navy over the Pacific. For his service, he received the PURPLE HEART. His wife, Julie Merchant who was
a resident of the Fairfield community, mourned him. His in-laws, Comrade Willis J. Merchant and Willie merchant
Jr., were both charter members of Post 347.
"The PURPLE HEART itself is what signified a hero of the Revolutionary War." Prior to 1941, the Navy
Department did not authorize the issue of the Purple Heart, but Franklin D. Roosevelt amended that matter. By
Executive Order on December 3, 1942, the award was extended to the Navy, Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard
beginning December 6, 1941. The conditions for the award were "a wound which necessitates treatment by a
medical officer and which is received in action with the enemy, may in the judgement of the commander, is
authorized to make the award be construed as resulting from a singularly meritorious act of essential service."
| Post 347 Founder Jimmie Lee Williams |