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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Stanley J. Hawrylik

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New Britain, Connecticut

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN 1943. REPORTED FOR DUTY AT FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS; AIR FORCE CADET TRAINING PROGRAM AT GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; DICKINSON COLLEGE CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA AND IN CLASSIFICATION FOR BOMBARDIER TRAINING IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THEN MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE IN ALABAMA FOR BASIC TRAINING AND GUNNERY TRAINING AT PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THEN BOMBARDIER SCHOOL AT AIR BASE CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO. ASSIGNED TO TWO B-24 BOMBER CREWS TO GO OVERSEAS IN 1945. FIRST CREW ELIMINATED THE BOMBARDIER POSITION, SECOND CREW EN ROUTE OVERSEAS WHEN WAR ENDED. SPENT NEXT SIX MONTHS AT VARIOUS BASES UNTIL DISCHARGE IN NOVEMBER 1945 AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.