World War II Honoree

Edward William Bars

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Manchester, Connecticut

Honored By

Marjory I. Bars

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAMPSON, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (AMM) MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (AIR GUNNERY) NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, NAVAL AIR STATION (BASIC LIBERATOR TRAINING) HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, NAVAL AUXILIARY AIR STATION (AIR CREWMAN) JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, NAVY MEDIUM AND HEAVY PATROL BOMBER SQUADRON VPB-197, VPB-200, PATROL BOMBER SQUADRON 118, RECEIVING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, NAVAL REPAIR BASE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, AIR CREW INSIGNIA, QUALIFIED PLANE CAPTAIN AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.