American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you John (JD) Wilcox, 78 who graduated from The Citadel in 1968 and in 1970 joined the S.C. Army National Guard, first attending Basic Training and Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Jackson before entering Officer Candidate School in Florida. He joined his Guard unit in Summerville and rising to be the aide to the S.C. Adjutant General in Columbia. While assigned to the Rear Area Operations Center (RAOC), he deployed to Dessert Shield/Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq assigned to the Army Airborne Corps. While there he earned the Bronze Star. He returned to the RAOC in Columbia and participated in exercises in Japan, Turkey, Korea and Germany. He retired in 1994 as a Lt. Colonel with 24 years of National Guard service. While not on duty with the Guard he worked on nuclear submarines at the Charleston Navy Base as a Civil Servant and later worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Atlanta and Washington inspecting nuclear power plants across the nation. He retired from the Civil Service in 2000 after 22 years.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
