World War II Honoree

Lenox Blaine Barton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

CMSgt David J. Barton, USAF (Ret)

Relationship

Son

ENTERED THE ARMY AIR FORCE ON AUGUST 7, 1945 AND COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING (521) AT SHEPPARD FIELD, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS IN OCTOBER 1945 AS A PRIVATE IN SQUADRON M. AFTER GRADUATING FROM BASIC (QUALIFIED ON MKM 30 CALIBER CARBINE), HE REMAINED AT SHEPPARD FIELD ASSIGNED TO THE 78TH ARMY AIR FORCE BASE UNIT OF THE ARMY AIRWAYS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WHILE RECEIVING TRAINING AS A FIELD REPEATERMAN (187). HE GRADUATED AND WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AWAITING REASSIGNMENT. ON DECEMBER 1, 1945, HE SHIPPED OUT TO JAPAN AND ARRIVED IN YOKOHAMA ON DECEMBER 21, 1945. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO 5TH AIR FORCE, 314TH COMPOSITE WING, 7TH COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON, AT IRUMAGAWA AIR BASE (LATER JOHNSON AIR BASE). HIS DUTIES WERE AS WIRE CHIEF, TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. HE SUPERVISED AND DIRECTED ENLISTED MEN IN THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION AND REPAIR OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INCLUDING CONTROL UNITS AND SWITCHBOARDS. HE LEFT JAPAN AS A SERGEANT ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1946 AND ARRIVED BACK IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1946. PROCEEDED TO FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND, WHERE HE WAS SEPARATED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1946. DECORATIONS INCLUDE THE ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY RIBBON.