World War II Honoree

James Brooks Harvie

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Billerica, Massachusetts

Honored By

Dorothy M. Harvie

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED ON JUNE 14, 1939 AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JANUARY 16, 1941 FROM LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS. HE WAS A HEAVY MACHINE GUNNER 605 WITH MILITARY QUALIFICATION OF COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE ON MARCH 1, 1944. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE GUADALCANAL, NORTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS AND THE PHILIPPINES. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS INCLUDE THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL GO 63 HEADQUARTERS 193RD INFANTRY 1944, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH STAR GO 67 HEADQUARTERS AMERICAL DIVISION 1943, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH BRONZE STAR GO 23 HEADQUARTERS. BY DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT, THE BRONZE MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO STAFF SERGEANT HARVIE, INFANTRY, FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY AT LEYTE, SAMAR SECTOR OF THE PHILIPPINES, ON FEBRUARY 28, 1945. HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATIONS. THIS AWARD WAS ISSUED BY G. C. MARSHALL, CHIEF OF STAFF, ON MARCH 19, 1946. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. ARMY ON JULY 9, 1945.