World War II Honoree

Harlan Ward Collar

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Mason, Michigan

Honored By

Barbarba Collar Hansen & John Collar

Relationship

Children

TRAINED AIR FORCE G.I.'S TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR RADAR EQUIPMENT. HE ALSO REPAIRED RADAR EQUIPMENT. HE WAS BASED IN PARIS. HE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT PARIS AND FRANCE IN A RED CROSS AMBULANCE TO TRAIN THE G.I.'S. IT WAS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO THEM. HE WAS IN LONDON DURING ONE OF THE BLITZES; WENT THERE FOR BATHS AND TO GET WARM AS THERE WAS NO HEAT IN FRANCE. HE WAS ALWAYS HORRIBLY COLD. WHEN ORDERED HOME, NEEDED TO FIND OWN TRANSPORTATION. FLEW TO A BASE NEAR BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR OF AN AIR FORCE FREIGHT PLANE HE BOARDED IN ITALY. HE WENT FROM THERE TO WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR BASE IN DAYTON, OHIO. HE ATTAINED THE RANK OF MAJOR.