World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Truman V. Havins
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Coke County, Texas
Honored By
Joe W. Fields
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR-CORPS IN 1941. TRAINED AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS AND SCOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS. SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH SIX BATTLE STARS, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AND WWII VICTORY RIBBON. DISCHARGED IN 1945.