World War II Honoree

Clyde F. Hayward

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brookline, Massachusetts

Honored By

Rebecca Hayward Truax

Relationship

Daughter

HE ENTERED THE ARMY AFTER GRADUATING FROM M.I.T., AND AT AGE 24 WAS SERVING ON GENERAL EISENHOWER'S STAFF AS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MAJORS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL FOR HIS PART IN THE PLANNING OF THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. THE CITATION FOR THE MEDAL NOTED THAT HIS KEEN FORESIGHT, SOUND JUDGEMENT AND TIRELESS DEVOTION TO DUTY CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION.