During World War II, members of Chester Lodge who answered the call to the colors included Jake S. Colvin, Jr., T.W. Barrett, Horace R. Harris, Charles M. Bell, Robert R. Ritchie, John A. Crosby, Dewey O. Snead, Arthur D. Doster, John E. Sutton, Clyde S. Franklin, Jr., Evan C. Varner, and W. Cliff Wylie, Jr.