World War II Honoree

E. B. 'Blue' Barron

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Alpena Pass, Arkansas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN NAVAL SERVICE IN 1942. SELECTED FOR THE AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM AND WAS AWARDED NAVAL AVIATOR WINGS AND COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN 1944. AFTER TRAINING ON A VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT IN THE AMERICAN THEATER, SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON VPB-111 OPERATING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN LATE 1945 AND SERVED 8 MONTHS AT VARIOUS NAVAL BASES BEFORE HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.