World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ewel D. Haskins
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stratford, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943 PRIOR TO HIS GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. HIS DIVISION STAGED AT CAMP KILMER AT STILTON, NEW JERSEY ON JANUARY 14, 1945, SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON JANUARY 26, 1945 AND ARRIVED AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE ON FEBRUARY 6, 1945. SERVED AS A MEDIC IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 71ST INFANTRY 'RED CIRCLE' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY SERVICE, RETURNED TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1947.