World War II Honoree

Clarence Norman Gibson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Henryetta, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER, INCLUDING AT CAMP BOWIE AT BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. DEPARTED THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON FEBRUARY 7, 1943 AND LANDED IN NORTH AFRICA ON FEBRUARY 19, 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS FOR SOME 33 MONTHS AS A LIAISON PILOT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING WITH THE 77TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT. HIS REGIMENT PARTICIPATED IN THE SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME ARNO, AND ANZIO CAMPAIGNS IN ITALY. HIS REGIMENT ASSAULTED LICATA, SICILY FROM JULY 9-11, 1943 AND LANDED IN ITALY ON OCTOBER 29, 1943. HE LATER SERVED IN ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY WITH THE FIFTH ARMY. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.