Yesterday’s story on World War II Veterans in the war against Japan, prompted an email on a McHenry County attorney named James Overton Brooks.
Here’s the information:
One of the Naval officers on the Missouri for the surrender was James Overton Brooks.
He is buried in the [Nunda Township] cemetery, Crystal Springs Rd and Walkup.
He was MacArthur’s personal interpreter.
After the war he built a home on a bluff on Bull Valley Road and lived there the remainder of his life.He was a lawyer downtown who did very well representing all of the big Japanese businesses doing business in the US.
He had a daughter, CLCHS class of ’58 and a son class of ’59.
where did you get this information?
From Pharmacist’s Mate Sully Sullivan, who lived in Wonder Lake, Illinois, before he died.
His doctor took the photos. I do not know the doctor’s name.
More photos can be found by searching for Sullivan’s name.
It is wonderful to know my Father is stilled remembered by others.