World War II Honoree

Robert R. Harrington

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Delta, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS AN AIRCREW MEMBER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND WAS STATIONED AT A U.S. ARMY AIRFIELD IN ENGLAND. HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1942 AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE FLIGHT-TRAINING PROGRAM. COMPLETED PRIMARY, BASIC, ADVANCE AND TRANSITION FLIGHT TRAINING PHASES AT SAN ANTONIO ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS, GREEN VILLAGE ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS, FORTH WORTH ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS AND MURDOC ARMY AIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 4 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 5 BRONZE BATTLE STARS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945.