World War II Honoree

Frithjof Johan 'Fritz' Hanson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Clearwater County, Minnesota

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED ARMY AIR CORPS BASIC TRAINING AND THEN GRADUATED FROM RADIO OPERATOR SCHOOL AT SCOTT ARMY AIRFIELD, ILLINOIS ON MARCH 27, 1942. SELECTED TO ATTEND OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND UPON GRADUATION IN JULY 1943, WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SIGNAL OFFICER SCHOOL AND WAS ASSIGNED TO AN ARMY AIRFIELD IN GEORGIA WHERE HE TRAINED RADIO OPERATORS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.