World War II Honoree

Horace Edgar Curtis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Granite, Oklahoma

Honored By

Pat Curtis

Relationship

Wife

CORPORAL. SERVED WITH THE 63RD TROOP SQUADRON OVERSEAS IN IWO JIMA. WORKED IN SHEET MEDAL AND HELPED RECOVERING PLANES. HIS TROOP HOPPED FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND IN NEW GUINEA, BISMARK, WESTERN PACIFIC AND THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. TOOK PART IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. RECEIVED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.