Foster C. "Jock" Davis was born in Malvern, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, on October 12, 1924.
Davis graduated from Prescott High School in 1943 and went directly into the US Army and served until the end of World War II. He was stationed in New Guinea, Australia, and the Philippines. Davis later became a member of the Arkansas National Guard, where he served for thirty-five years as a company commander and achieved a rank of major.
Upon his return to the States, Davis attended Arkansas Tech University on the GI Bill. He graduated with a B.S. in business administration in 1950 and went on to a fifty-year career in poultry industry sales and management.
Davis is the author of the autobiography Brothers Four: Reliving the Great Depression and World War II. He has been a member of the Jaycees, the Red Coats, and the Russellville Chamber of Commerce and been a speaker at many ROTC functions and events.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Foster C. "Jock" Davis at Arkansas Tech University; Russellville, Arkansas, 2024
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#2: Foster C. "Jock" Davis with Emma Riley, an employee with the Fort Chaffee Military Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas; November 9, 2024
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#3: Foster C. "Jock" Davis at the Fort Chaffee Military Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas; November 9, 2024
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#4: Foster C. "Jock" Davis with Emma Riley, an employee with the Fort Chaffee Military Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas; November 9, 2024
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#5: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Foster C. "Jock" Davis showing a close-up of his World War II and Korean War Veteran hat
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#6: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Foster C. "Jock" Davis showing a citation Davis received from the Arkansas House of Representatives in April 2024
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#7: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Foster C. "Jock" Davis at Arkansas Tech University; Russellville, Arkansas, 2024
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#8: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Foster C. "Jock" Davis at Arkansas Tech University; Russellville, Arkansas, 2024
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
