World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harold Hilton Halstead
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Danville, West Virginia
Honored By
James O. Travis
Relationship
Veteran
SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. PARTICIPATED IN THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY, FRANCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SURVIVED NUMEROUS ATTACKS BY JAPANESE KAMIKAZES AGAINST HIS SHIP OFF THE COAST OF OKINAWA AND JAPAN.