World War II Honoree

Lewis Putnam Birchfield

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

John R. Birchfield, Jr.

Relationship

Brother

ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AS A RECRUIT AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS. UPON COMPLETION OF QUARTERMASTER OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS), WAS ASSIGNED TO RESCUE BOAT SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, WAS APPOINTED CAPTAIN OF A RESCUE BOAT AND, WITH HIS CREW, WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN AREA OF OPERATIONS. SERVED THERE UNTIL CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND SEPARATION FROM SERVICE.