World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harold Lee Gary
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Verden, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC ON B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. STATIONED IN ENGLAND WITH THE 100TH BOMBARDMENT WING. LATER SERVED IN EUROPE AS A TANK CREWMAN UNTIL THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN IN GERMANY UNTIL JOINING THE NEWLY FORMED U.S. AIR FORCE (USAF). SERVED IN THE USAF UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT.