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

Daughter

HE 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. HE FLEW PRISONERS OF WAR OUT OF THE BALKANS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. HE WAS ON A BATTLESHIP HEADED FOR THE PACIFIC READY TO TURN INTO THE PANAMA CANAL WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. THEY TURNED AROUND AND HEADED FOR NEW YORK. HE WAS STATIONED IN NEW ORLEANS, WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.