World War II Honoree

Elmer Johnson Hoard

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Burr Oak, Kansas

Honored By

David Hoard & Mary Mullen

Relationship

Son & Daughter

TECHNICAL CORPORAL. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM APRIL 4, 1942 TO OCTOBER 18, 1945. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT FORT WARREN, WYOMING. ASSIGNED FIRST TO FORT ARMSTRONG, HAWAII, WHERE HE WAS ORDERLY FOR A CAPTAIN FOR ONE WEEK, AND THEN DROVE A TRUCK. THEN ASSIGNED TO SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII, WHERE HE WAS A MECHANIC IN THE MOTOR POOL. AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN HAWAII, TECHNICAL CORPORAL HOARD WAS REASSIGNED TO TINIAN ISLAND IN THE MARIANA CHAIN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, WHERE HE AGAIN SERVED AS A MECHANIC IN THE MOTOR POOL. IN THE MONTHS BEFORE HIS DISCHARGE, HE WAS SENT TO CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI, TO GUARD GERMAN PRISONERS. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 18, 1945. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBONS.