Sgt. Warren Gray served five years with Headquarters Company of the 203rd Coastal Artillery, which was known as the Houn' Dawg Regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard.

In World War II, the entire National Guard was called into federal service and the 203rd was one of two Missouri battalions deployed as a unit. Other Missouri soldiers were separated from their Guard units, attached to active Army units and sent to various locations during the war.

During his military service, Warren worked as a radio operator. He was deployed with the 203rd to Amchitka, one of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

The 203rd was sent to the Aleutians to guard against a suspected western attack on the continental United States by Japan, which landed in Alaska but failed to hold or gain ground further into the country.

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