World War II Honoree

Harmon Wong Woo

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Raymond K. Wong

SUPPORTED THE 14TH ARMY AIR FORCE. DEPLOYED TO VARIOUS REMOTE LOCATIONS IN CHINA TO ASSIST AMERICAN ARMY INFANTRY LIAISON TEAMS WORKING WITH CHINESE ARMY UNITS THAT WERE DEPLOYED ALONG CHINA'S BORDER WITH JAPANESE OCCUPIED FRENCH INDO-CHINA. PERFORMED COMMUNICATIONS DUTIES FOR ALL THE WIDELY SCATTERED ALLIED GROUND UNITS IN THE REGION. IN ADDITIONS TO COORDINATING GROUND AND GROUND TO AIR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR AREA OF OPERATIONS, ALSO COORDINATED COMMUNICATION FOR LONG-RANGE RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS THAT PENETRATED DEEP INTO JAPANESE HELD TERRITORY.