World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George Keith Hatheway
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
JOINED THE MARINE CORPS IN EARLY 1944. TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA AND THEN WAS ASSIGNED TO AMPHIBIOUS CORPS, PACIFIC FLEET AT THE PARKER RANCH NEAR HILO, HAWAII FOR 155MM FIELD ARTILLERY FIRE CONTROL TRAINING. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. LATER ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD MARINE DIVISION ON THE ISLAND OF GUAM. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL IN MAY, 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.