World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Richard E. Ebersole
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AND OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. ASSIGNED TO THE 556TH AIR SERVICE GROUP AND BRIEFLY WITH THE 81ST FIGHTER SQUADRON AT HICKAM FIELD IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. WAS A MEMBER OF THE HICKAM FIELD WINGMAN BASEBALL TEAM AND WAS SELECTED TO BE A MEMBER OF A GOODWILL BASEBALL TEAM THAT TOURED JAPAN AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1947 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.