Jesse Lee Brett was born on Monday, 13 Apr 1914 in Rosemary, Halifax, North Carolina, to Jesse Lee Brett Sr. and Lina Marcella (Crumpler) Brett. He had two siblings; Charles Page Brett (1916–1916) and Kathleen C. (Brett) Reynolds (1918–1968.)
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Registration date: 24 July 1944
Height: 5 ft. 10 & 1/2 inches
Weight: 160 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Other: Wears glasses always & was recently discharged from the U.S. Army.
Next of Kin: Esther R Brett (wife)
Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Enlistment Date: 11 Mar 1939
Discharge Date: 20 July 1944 (Honorable)
Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept
Next of Kin, Wife, Mrs. Esther R. Brett
Source: U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
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Jesse served in the Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept during World War II. The Ordnance Department swelled exponentially in WWII and applied the lessons it learned in WWI. The Ordnance Department was responsible for roughly half of all Army procurement during World War II, $34 billion dollars. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'Arsenal of Democracy' depended on the Ordnance Department to become a reality.
In January 1944, the Ordnance Department accounted for 7 manufacturing arsenals, 7 proving grounds, 45 depots, and 77 government-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) plants and works. Of the 77, all of them focused on ammunition and explosives except one. The Detroit Tank Arsenal was built in eight months while engineers simultaneously designed a new medium tank, the M3. By the end of the war, the Detroit Tank Arsenal built over 22,000 tanks, roughly 25 percent of the country's tank production during the war.
Ordnance Soldier's Creed
As an Ordnance Soldier of the United States Army, I will utilize every available talent and means to ensure that superior mobility, firepower, and communications are advantages enjoyed by the United States Army over its enemies. As an Ordnance Soldier, I fully understand my duty to perform under adverse conditions and I will continually strive to perfect my craft. I will remain flexible so that I can meet any emergency. In my conduct, I will abide by the Soldier's code. In my support mission in the field, I will use every available skill to maintain superiority; I will always be tactically and technically proficient As an Ordnance soldier, I have no greater task.
U.S. Army Ordnance Prayer
Our Father, we pray for the strength of mind, heart and body to continue to serve our Army and our Nation. Help us remember and emulate the heritage of excellence set by those who established, nurtured and led the Ordnance Corps before us. May the shell and flame continue to light the way toward selfless service, dedicated professionalism and passionate patriotism as we support our Nation's role as a leading force toward peace and liberty in the world.
Oh Lord, we ask that you provide us the wisdom to continually take charge of change and shape the Ordnance Corps to provide service to the line, on the line, on time. Guide us as we seek to establish our own heritage of courage and honor through our daily duties. Give us the strength to accept our responsibility to our fellow soldiers as we seek to fix and arm the force.
Oh God of Our Fathers, bless our efforts to provide the "Armament for Peace" and protect us if we must answer the call to arms to defend our faith, our liberty and our freedom. Teach us not to mourn those who have died in the service of the Corps, but rather to gain strength from the fact that such heroes have lived. Teach us to stand together in Your Name so that we may remain strong and that the Ordnance Corps shall remain the architect of readiness for our Army and our Nation. Amen.
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Registration date: 24 July 1944
Height: 5 ft. 10 & 1/2 inches
Weight: 160 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Other: Wears glasses always & was recently discharged from the U.S. Army.
Next of Kin: Esther R Brett (wife)
Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Enlistment Date: 11 Mar 1939
Discharge Date: 20 July 1944 (Honorable)
Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept
Next of Kin, Wife, Mrs. Esther R. Brett
Source: U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
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Jesse served in the Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept during World War II. The Ordnance Department swelled exponentially in WWII and applied the lessons it learned in WWI. The Ordnance Department was responsible for roughly half of all Army procurement during World War II, $34 billion dollars. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'Arsenal of Democracy' depended on the Ordnance Department to become a reality.
In January 1944, the Ordnance Department accounted for 7 manufacturing arsenals, 7 proving grounds, 45 depots, and 77 government-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) plants and works. Of the 77, all of them focused on ammunition and explosives except one. The Detroit Tank Arsenal was built in eight months while engineers simultaneously designed a new medium tank, the M3. By the end of the war, the Detroit Tank Arsenal built over 22,000 tanks, roughly 25 percent of the country's tank production during the war.
Ordnance Soldier's Creed
As an Ordnance Soldier of the United States Army, I will utilize every available talent and means to ensure that superior mobility, firepower, and communications are advantages enjoyed by the United States Army over its enemies. As an Ordnance Soldier, I fully understand my duty to perform under adverse conditions and I will continually strive to perfect my craft. I will remain flexible so that I can meet any emergency. In my conduct, I will abide by the Soldier's code. In my support mission in the field, I will use every available skill to maintain superiority; I will always be tactically and technically proficient As an Ordnance soldier, I have no greater task.
U.S. Army Ordnance Prayer
Our Father, we pray for the strength of mind, heart and body to continue to serve our Army and our Nation. Help us remember and emulate the heritage of excellence set by those who established, nurtured and led the Ordnance Corps before us. May the shell and flame continue to light the way toward selfless service, dedicated professionalism and passionate patriotism as we support our Nation's role as a leading force toward peace and liberty in the world.
Oh Lord, we ask that you provide us the wisdom to continually take charge of change and shape the Ordnance Corps to provide service to the line, on the line, on time. Guide us as we seek to establish our own heritage of courage and honor through our daily duties. Give us the strength to accept our responsibility to our fellow soldiers as we seek to fix and arm the force.
Oh God of Our Fathers, bless our efforts to provide the "Armament for Peace" and protect us if we must answer the call to arms to defend our faith, our liberty and our freedom. Teach us not to mourn those who have died in the service of the Corps, but rather to gain strength from the fact that such heroes have lived. Teach us to stand together in Your Name so that we may remain strong and that the Ordnance Corps shall remain the architect of readiness for our Army and our Nation. Amen.
Jesse Lee Brett was born on Monday, 13 Apr 1914 in Rosemary, Halifax, North Carolina, to Jesse Lee Brett Sr. and Lina Marcella (Crumpler) Brett. He had two siblings; Charles Page Brett (1916–1916) and Kathleen C. (Brett) Reynolds (1918–1968.)
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Registration date: 24 July 1944
Height: 5 ft. 10 & 1/2 inches
Weight: 160 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Other: Wears glasses always & was recently discharged from the U.S. Army.
Next of Kin: Esther R Brett (wife)
Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Enlistment Date: 11 Mar 1939
Discharge Date: 20 July 1944 (Honorable)
Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept
Next of Kin, Wife, Mrs. Esther R. Brett
Source: U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
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Jesse served in the Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept during World War II. The Ordnance Department swelled exponentially in WWII and applied the lessons it learned in WWI. The Ordnance Department was responsible for roughly half of all Army procurement during World War II, $34 billion dollars. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'Arsenal of Democracy' depended on the Ordnance Department to become a reality.
In January 1944, the Ordnance Department accounted for 7 manufacturing arsenals, 7 proving grounds, 45 depots, and 77 government-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) plants and works. Of the 77, all of them focused on ammunition and explosives except one. The Detroit Tank Arsenal was built in eight months while engineers simultaneously designed a new medium tank, the M3. By the end of the war, the Detroit Tank Arsenal built over 22,000 tanks, roughly 25 percent of the country's tank production during the war.
Ordnance Soldier's Creed
As an Ordnance Soldier of the United States Army, I will utilize every available talent and means to ensure that superior mobility, firepower, and communications are advantages enjoyed by the United States Army over its enemies. As an Ordnance Soldier, I fully understand my duty to perform under adverse conditions and I will continually strive to perfect my craft. I will remain flexible so that I can meet any emergency. In my conduct, I will abide by the Soldier's code. In my support mission in the field, I will use every available skill to maintain superiority; I will always be tactically and technically proficient As an Ordnance soldier, I have no greater task.
U.S. Army Ordnance Prayer
Our Father, we pray for the strength of mind, heart and body to continue to serve our Army and our Nation. Help us remember and emulate the heritage of excellence set by those who established, nurtured and led the Ordnance Corps before us. May the shell and flame continue to light the way toward selfless service, dedicated professionalism and passionate patriotism as we support our Nation's role as a leading force toward peace and liberty in the world.
Oh Lord, we ask that you provide us the wisdom to continually take charge of change and shape the Ordnance Corps to provide service to the line, on the line, on time. Guide us as we seek to establish our own heritage of courage and honor through our daily duties. Give us the strength to accept our responsibility to our fellow soldiers as we seek to fix and arm the force.
Oh God of Our Fathers, bless our efforts to provide the "Armament for Peace" and protect us if we must answer the call to arms to defend our faith, our liberty and our freedom. Teach us not to mourn those who have died in the service of the Corps, but rather to gain strength from the fact that such heroes have lived. Teach us to stand together in Your Name so that we may remain strong and that the Ordnance Corps shall remain the architect of readiness for our Army and our Nation. Amen.
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Registration date: 24 July 1944
Height: 5 ft. 10 & 1/2 inches
Weight: 160 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Other: Wears glasses always & was recently discharged from the U.S. Army.
Next of Kin: Esther R Brett (wife)
Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Enlistment Date: 11 Mar 1939
Discharge Date: 20 July 1944 (Honorable)
Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept
Next of Kin, Wife, Mrs. Esther R. Brett
Source: U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
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Jesse served in the Ord Det 5614 Ord Dept during World War II. The Ordnance Department swelled exponentially in WWII and applied the lessons it learned in WWI. The Ordnance Department was responsible for roughly half of all Army procurement during World War II, $34 billion dollars. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'Arsenal of Democracy' depended on the Ordnance Department to become a reality.
In January 1944, the Ordnance Department accounted for 7 manufacturing arsenals, 7 proving grounds, 45 depots, and 77 government-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) plants and works. Of the 77, all of them focused on ammunition and explosives except one. The Detroit Tank Arsenal was built in eight months while engineers simultaneously designed a new medium tank, the M3. By the end of the war, the Detroit Tank Arsenal built over 22,000 tanks, roughly 25 percent of the country's tank production during the war.
Ordnance Soldier's Creed
As an Ordnance Soldier of the United States Army, I will utilize every available talent and means to ensure that superior mobility, firepower, and communications are advantages enjoyed by the United States Army over its enemies. As an Ordnance Soldier, I fully understand my duty to perform under adverse conditions and I will continually strive to perfect my craft. I will remain flexible so that I can meet any emergency. In my conduct, I will abide by the Soldier's code. In my support mission in the field, I will use every available skill to maintain superiority; I will always be tactically and technically proficient As an Ordnance soldier, I have no greater task.
U.S. Army Ordnance Prayer
Our Father, we pray for the strength of mind, heart and body to continue to serve our Army and our Nation. Help us remember and emulate the heritage of excellence set by those who established, nurtured and led the Ordnance Corps before us. May the shell and flame continue to light the way toward selfless service, dedicated professionalism and passionate patriotism as we support our Nation's role as a leading force toward peace and liberty in the world.
Oh Lord, we ask that you provide us the wisdom to continually take charge of change and shape the Ordnance Corps to provide service to the line, on the line, on time. Guide us as we seek to establish our own heritage of courage and honor through our daily duties. Give us the strength to accept our responsibility to our fellow soldiers as we seek to fix and arm the force.
Oh God of Our Fathers, bless our efforts to provide the "Armament for Peace" and protect us if we must answer the call to arms to defend our faith, our liberty and our freedom. Teach us not to mourn those who have died in the service of the Corps, but rather to gain strength from the fact that such heroes have lived. Teach us to stand together in Your Name so that we may remain strong and that the Ordnance Corps shall remain the architect of readiness for our Army and our Nation. Amen.
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JESSE
LEE
BRETT
MARYLAND
TEC5
ORD DEPT
WORLD WAR II
APR 13 1914
MAY 14 1955
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DATE OF INTERMENT: 18 May 1955
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