World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John G. Hamilton
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Honored By
John G. Hamilton, Jr.
Relationship
Son
ENTERED THE SERVICE ON 22 APRIL 1944 AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, AND TRAINED AT KEESLER FIELD, MISSISSIPPI. SERVED AT MORRISON FIELD, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AND HAMILTON FIELD, CALIFORNIA. DEPARTED FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ON 1 APRIL 1945. SERVED AS AN AIR CREW MEMBER IN LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND IN THE AIR OFFENSIVE OVER JAPAN. PARTICIPATED IN TRANSPORTING THE JAPANESE DELEGATION TO THE SURRENDER CEREMONY ENDING THE WAR ON 19 AUGUST 1945. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES ON 4 JANUARY 1946. AWARDS AND DECORATIONS INCLUDE: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON AND THE AIR MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, ON 14 MAY 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT.