World War II Honoree

Henry Garner Welbon

Hometown

Newark, Delaware

WAR DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE. SERVED AS RESEARCH AND ANALYTIC SPECIALIST WITH ARMY SECURITY AGENCY, WASHINGTON, D.C., FROM AUGUST 12, 1943, UNTIL JANUARY 7, 1946. TRANSFERRED TO HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN KOREA, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 8, 1946, FOR DUTY AS KOREAN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER-TRANSLATOR. DEPARTED UNITED STATES JANUARY 14, 1946, FROM HAMILTON FIELD, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO 98TH MILITARY GOVERNMENT GROUP OF U.S. ARMY OCCUPATION FORCES IN KOREA. APPOINTED CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE SECTION AND DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, PROVINCIAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, KYONG SANG NAM DO PROVINCE, KOREA, ON JULY 18, 1946. ATTACHED JANUARY 31, 1947, TO 1ST REPLACEMENT DEPOT NEAR INCHON, KOREA, FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ZONE OF INTERIOR VIA ARMY TRANSPORT MARINE DEVIL ON FEBRUARY 12, 1947.