World War II Honoree

Leonard Lewis Coughlin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Nashua, New Hampshire

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

WORKED, BEFORE THE WAR, IN LUMBER CAMPS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER WAR WAS DECLARED IN 1941. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO TINKER FIELD AT MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA. SERVED AS A POWER TURRET GUN SIGHT SPECIALIST IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER STATIONED AT FOGGIA, ITALY. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.