World War II Honoree

Harold Evans Hewitt

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bay City, Michigan

Honored By

Suzanne Hewitt Harris

Relationship

Daughetr

TAUGHT RADIO SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. UNTIL HE WENT OVERSEAS. HE WAS THE RADIOMAN ON A B-17 BOMBER AND FLEW MISSIONS OUT OF AFRICA AND THEN ITALY. FLEW PRISONERS OF WAR OUT OF THE BALKANS FOR SOMETIME AFTER THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. WAS ON A BATTLESHIP HEADED FOR THE PACIFIC WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. HE WAS THEN STATIONED IN NEW ORLEANS WHERE HE WAS FINALLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.