World War II Honoree

Howard Hartley Hickman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Gretchen H. Hyde

Relationship

Daughter

1940 TO 1944, SERVED ON THE USS TUSCALOOSA, ASSIGNED TO THE ATLANTIC AND EUROPEAN THEATRES. LATER IN 1944 AND 1945, SERVED ON THE USS WILKES-BARRE, ASSIGNED TO THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS. RECEIVED AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BATTLE STARS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC UNIT CITATION BADGE, AND A COMMAND AT SEA INSIGNE.