World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Grover L. Hartman
Hometown
Brookston, Indiana
Honored By
Annabel Hartman
Relationship
Wife
DRAFTED IN APRIL 1943 AND RECEIVED CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS. SERVED AT A CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE CAMP (CCC) AT POWELLVILLE, MARYLAND FOR ONE YEAR. HE WAS DETACHED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND GOODWILL OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN NEW YORK CITY TO DEVELOP A COMMITTEE ON THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR WHICH PLANNED A PROGRAM OF VISITATION AND SERVICES. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THIS OBLIGATION IN JUNE 1946.