James Nuckolls “Jimmy” LITTLEJOHN^[1]

1927 - 1982  (55 years)

• Name	James Nuckolls “Jimmy” LITTLEJOHN  [2, 3]
  Birth	31 Oct 1927	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	he graduated from Clemson after the war   [3]
  Education	he graduated from Clemson after the war   [3]
  HIST	Remembering Lt. J.B. Littlejohn Posted Sunday, June 7, 2015 6:00 am Lt. J.B. Littlejohn BY HUBERT D. OSTEEN JR. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Every year when an anniversary of D-Day rolls around I think about my late cousin John Bailey Littlejohn, who landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. He was not in the first wave of American soldiers who came ashore and by the time he arrived most of the heavy fighting on the beach was over. His assignment once he reached land and joined the rest of the troops was one no soldier wanted a part of: His job was to pick up first the American and then the German dead, and as war correspondent W.C. Heinz wrote of the squad's assignment in a syndicated column after he joined the unit in the Hurtgen Forest, "Everyone says it is a rotten job, and they wouldn't want to do it." Nevertheless, John Bailey collected a squad of six enlisted men and they undertook to carry out their assignment to the best of their ability. John Bailey estimated in his interview with Heinz that he and his squad picked up "about 2,000 dead," during the war and he added that his squad killed two Germans and captured 39. John Bailey was 23 years old when he and his squad were interviewed by Heinz. He grew up on Church Street. His father, Dr. T.R. Littlejohn, was married to my mother's oldest sister, Mary "Midge" Weeks from Pinewood. "Uncle Doc"would serve a stint as chief of the medical staff at Tuomey Hospital. John Bailey's younger brother Jimmy enlisted in the Army before the war was over. Jimmy graduated from Clemson after the war while John Bailey graduated from Carolina. In discussing his difficult job with Heinz, like many of "The Greatest Generation," John Bailey summarized it this way: "Those first ones we picked up I can remember as if they were lying here right now. But I just felt like I had a job to do, the same as anybody else. That's what it is, really - just another job." It turned out to be, as it was for all the brave soldiers of World War II, a job well done. James Nuckolls Littlejohn (1927 - 1982) James Nuckolls "Jim" Littlejohn Born 31 Oct 1927 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States ANCESTORS Son of Thomas Russell Littlejohn Sr and Mary Elizabeth (Weeks) Littlejohn Brother of Mary Catherine Littlejohn, Thomas Russell Littlejohn Jr and John Bailey Littlejohn Husband of Martha Ellen (Campbell) Clark — married 8 Nov 1952 in Greenwood, South Carolina, United States [children unknown] Died 22 Dec 1982 at age 55 in Island of Palms, Charleston, South Carolina PROBLEMS/QUESTIONS Profile manager: John Britton Boney [send private message] Profile last modified 16 Jun 2022 This page has been accessed 5 times. Biography James was born in 1927. He was the son of Thomas Littlejohn and Mary Weeks. He passed away in 1982. Sources • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193259925/james-nuckolls-littlejohn : accessed 16 June 2022), memorial page for James Nuckolls “Jim” Littlejohn (31 Oct 1927–22 Dec 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 193259925, ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) Cremated.  [1, 3]
  HIST	Remembering Lt. J.B. Littlejohn Posted Sunday, June 7, 2015 6:00 am Lt. J.B. Littlejohn BY HUBERT D. OSTEEN JR. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Every year when an anniversary of D-Day rolls around I think about my late cousin John Bailey Littlejohn, who landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. He was not in the first wave of American soldiers who came ashore and by the time he arrived most of the heavy fighting on the beach was over. His assignment once he reached land and joined the rest of the troops was one no soldier wanted a part of: His job was to pick up first the American and then the German dead, and as war correspondent W.C. Heinz wrote of the squad's assignment in a syndicated column after he joined the unit in the Hurtgen Forest, "Everyone says it is a rotten job, and they wouldn't want to do it." Nevertheless, John Bailey collected a squad of six enlisted men and they undertook to carry out their assignment to the best of their ability. John Bailey estimated in his interview with Heinz that he and his squad picked up "about 2,000 dead," during the war and he added that his squad killed two Germans and captured 39. John Bailey was 23 years old when he and his squad were interviewed by Heinz. He grew up on Church Street. His father, Dr. T.R. Littlejohn, was married to my mother's oldest sister, Mary "Midge" Weeks from Pinewood. "Uncle Doc"would serve a stint as chief of the medical staff at Tuomey Hospital. John Bailey's younger brother Jimmy enlisted in the Army before the war was over. Jimmy graduated from Clemson after the war while John Bailey graduated from Carolina. In discussing his difficult job with Heinz, like many of "The Greatest Generation," John Bailey summarized it this way: "Those first ones we picked up I can remember as if they were lying here right now. But I just felt like I had a job to do, the same as anybody else. That's what it is, really - just another job." It turned out to be, as it was for all the brave soldiers of World War II, a job well done. James Nuckolls Littlejohn (1927 - 1982) James Nuckolls "Jim" Littlejohn Born 31 Oct 1927 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States ANCESTORS Son of Thomas Russell Littlejohn Sr and Mary Elizabeth (Weeks) Littlejohn Brother of Mary Catherine Littlejohn, Thomas Russell Littlejohn Jr and John Bailey Littlejohn Husband of Martha Ellen (Campbell) Clark — married 8 Nov 1952 in Greenwood, South Carolina, United States [children unknown] Died 22 Dec 1982 at age 55 in Island of Palms, Charleston, South Carolina PROBLEMS/QUESTIONS Profile manager: John Britton Boney [send private message] Profile last modified 16 Jun 2022 This page has been accessed 5 times. Biography James was born in 1927. He was the son of Thomas Littlejohn and Mary Weeks. He passed away in 1982. Sources • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193259925/james-nuckolls-littlejohn : accessed 16 June 2022), memorial page for James Nuckolls “Jim” Littlejohn (31 Oct 1927–22 Dec 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 193259925, ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) Cremated.
  MILI	He enlisted in the Army before the war was over.  [3]
  MILI	He enlisted in the Army before the war was over.
  _UID	10E07EBA4FAB48108E72C360A27C9AE136F4
  _UID	10E07EBA4FAB48108E72C360A27C9AE136F4
  Death	22 Dec 1982	Isle of Palms, Charleston County, South Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I243277	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Dr. Thomas Russell “Uncle Doc” LITTLEJOHN,   b. 29 Aug 1888, Union County, South Carolina d. 1947, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth “Midge” WEEKS   d. Bef 21 Mar 2009
  _UID	6075A63DCD464EA48D6A40C15CB1C75EE778
  _UID	6075A63DCD464EA48D6A40C15CB1C75EE778
  Family ID	F164296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S31126] . [S12349] D-Day 65 Years Later - Cousin remembered for service to country. [S22629] Remembering Lt. J. B. Littlejohn.