The Magee Courier, Magee, Mississippi, Thursday, April 12, 2012
Donald Marsh Forker, Magee- Born July 6, 1923 in Burbank, California. Donald Marsh Forker was the second son of Donald and Florence Elizabeth Podmore Forker. Raised during The Great Depression. Don graduated from Burbank High School in June 1941 and attended Pasadena Junior College until he entered the Tenth (10th) Mountain Division during World War II.
Assigned to Company B, 86th Mountain Infantry Division, he trained at Camp Hale, Colorado for eighteen months and Camp Swift, Texas for five months, ultimately landing in Naples, Italy on Christmas Eve, 1944. Entering combat January 8, 1945, Don participated in the Battle of Riva Ridge, Italy, receiving a Bronze Star for his service. Discharged on November 29, 1945, Don married Jane Humphrey on June 20, 1947. They would have celebrated sixty-five years of marriage this June. They had two children, Linda Diane Forker Bulgar and Robert Randall Forker.
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