World War II Honoree

Elvin Kenneth Hart

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hughes County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP ROBERTS AT SAN MIGUEL, CALIFORNIA AND ADVANCED TRAINING AT CAMP GRUBER AT BRAGGS, OKLAHOMA. REASSIGNED TO FORT ORD AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA UNTIL DEPLOYING OVERSEAS ON OCTOBER 28, 1943. SERVED FOR TWO YEARS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. STATIONED AT NEW CALEDONIA, IN THE FIJI ISLANDS, AT BOUGAINVILLE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, AND LEYTE AND CEBU ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SENT TO YOKOHAMA, JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES AS PART OF OCCUPATION FORCES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.