World War II Honoree

Guy Henry Hart

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greenville, South Carolina

Honored By

Monte Arthur Hart

Relationship

Son

HIS FIRST WWII UNIT WAS BATTERY F, SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY; 2ND BATTALION, 263RD COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD, ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS CALLED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE IN WWII. ON JANUARY 13, 1940 THE UNIT WAS ACTIVATED AND TRANSFERRED TO FORT MOULTRIE, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE LATER WAS TRANSFERRED TO BATTERY C, 573RD FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. SERVED THROUGHOUT THE WAR AND WAS ON THE ISLAND OF LUZON IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHEN THE WAR ENDED. HE WAS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT, HE WAS DISCHARGED ON 22 NOVEMBER 1945 AT FORT GORDON, GEORGIA. HIS SERVICE MEDALS INCLUDE: AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH BRONZE STAR AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.