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Note: Rayburn Lewis Rushing 38038020 Rank: Cpl.
Enlisted, February 7, 1941
36th Division 132nd Field Artillery
WORLD WAR II
When the U.S. declared war on Japan in Dec., 1941 Ray was in training at Camp Bowie, Texas. He volunteered 7 Feb 1941 at the age of 18. On the 13th of April, 1943 he landed in Oran, North Africa with the 36th division. On September 9th they invaded Salerno, His military specialty was Gunner A/T. He was overseas twenty eight months, made two major invasions, was engaged in actual combat for four hundred days, and was wounded twice. Of the 180 men in his company, he was one of 13 who came home. The battles and campaigns listed on his discharge are Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He received the American Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, EAME Campaign Medal with five bronze stars, the Purple Heart with one cluster per G O 369 Hq 36th Infantry Division 4 Oct 44 and an honorable discharge on July 4, 1945.
Ministerial Ordination July 6, 1947 Southern Baptist Convention Cockrell Hill Baptist Church Dallas, Texas .
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA 2000 Rushing, Rayburn Lewis, evangelist; b. Leonard, Texas Sept. 18, 1922; son of John Sidney and Ollie May (Hunt) R.; m. Wilene Dawson Sept. 15, 1947; children Gail Rushing Brigham, Gene, Tim and Joe. Student East Texas Baptist College 1947-49, Ouachita Baptist College 1950-52; D.D. Defenders Theological Seminary, 1972, ordained to ministry, Southern Baptist Convention, 1947, Pastor Southern Baptist churches, Texas and Arkansas 1947-54; evangelist Youth for Christ, Int. Chicago, 1952-53; dir.Dallas Youth for Christ, 1954-56, United Temperance League, Mitchell, S.D. 1956-1960; evangelist Ray Rushing Evangelistic Assn. 1963-88; Editor, pub. The National Voice 1965-78; broadcaster (radio and TV) Temperance Time 1960-78; Chaplain Civil Air Patrol, Dallas, 1954; lobbyist United Temperance League, Pierre, S.D., 1958, Temperance Time, Washington, 1961, The National Voice, Austin, Texas, 1965. With U.S. Army, 1941-45, ETO. Named to Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, 1959; Honorary Dep. Sheriff, Dallas County, 1976. Republican.
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