World War II Honoree

Harold Beasley Elledge

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Tucumcari, New Mexico

Honored By

Linda Moore

Relationship

Granddaughter

AS A MEMBER OF THE 11TH HEAVY BOMBARDMENT GROUP OF THE 7TH ARMY AIR FORCE, HE WAS COMMENDED BY MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT W. DOUGLAS, JR. FOR HIS PART IN THE CAMPAIGNS WHICH TOOK LARGE SECTION OF THE PACIFIC FROM ENEMY HANDS. HE WAS BASED WITH THE B-24 LIBERATORS WHICH BOMBED AND HARASSED THE ENEMY AT POINTS WITHIN 600 MILES OF THE JAPAN MAINLAND. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM NOVEMBER 1943 UNTIL NOVEMBER 1945.