In 1943, Jack R. Nuzum was part of the 17th Troop Carrier Squadron, 12th Air Force and 62nd Troop Carrier group [11] and was awarded an Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster on July 16, 1943 for meritorious service in the North African Theater of Operation.
He co-owned a small cub plane [12] and flew from the Elkins Airport to nearby destinations during the 1950s and part of the 1960s.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Jack Nuzum served as a member of the color guard for the West Virginia Highlanders Band.
The band, now sponsored by Davis and Elkins College, is composed of bagpipe and drum musicians who wear kilts and play music of Scotland, or highland music, in many of the festival parades in West Virginia.
Jack Nuzum attended Fairmont State College and after World War II earned his Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia University.
[15][16] Nuzum was also instrumental in preliminary drafts that eventually impacted branch banking legislation in the state of West Virginia.