World War II Honoree

Harry Putnam Frizzell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Drumright, Oklahoma

Honored By

OAMC, ROTC Fire Station Gang

SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS AT OKLAHOMA A&M COLLEGE AT STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA FROM SEPTEMBER 1940 TO APRIL 5, 1943. SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS WITH THE 1875TH SERVICE UNIT FROM JULY 1942 UNTIL APRIL 5, 1943. INDUCTED AND CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 6, 1943. REPORTED TO THE RECEPTION CENTER, FORT SILL, AT LAWTON, OKLAHOMA ON APRIL 12, 1943. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROWDER, AT NEOSHO, MISSOURI. PROMOTED TO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, AND SENT TO THE ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT OKLAHOMA A&M COLLEGE FOR 8 MONTHS WHILE WAITING TO ATTEND OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL. ASSIGNED TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT MONMOUTH, AT RED BANK, NEW JERSEY. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 28, 1944 TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT AS AN OFFICER. GRADUATED AND COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE SIGNAL CORPS ON AUGUST 29, 1944. SERVED AS A SIGNAL OFFICER IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER STATIONED IN MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE SERVICE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH 'JAPAN' CLASP, AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. AUTHORIZED PERMANENT WEAR OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR SERVICE BY HIS UNIT IN THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN WHILE HE WAS ASSIGNED. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR.