World War II Honoree

Thomas O. Hartley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Williamsfield, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE IN 1943 AND BECAME A SHEET METAL MECHANIC. SENT TO GUAM IN FEBRUARY 1944. NEXT SENT TO IWO JIMA SERVING A P-51 FIGHTER UNIT. LATER RETURNED TO GUAM TO WORK ON B-29 BOMBERS. ON JULY 4, 1945, HE AND HIS UNIT WERE SENT TO OKINAWA WHERE HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE 507TH B-29 HEAVY BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON. STATIONED AT KADENA AIRFIELD IN JAPAN UNTIL MARCH 1946 WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT IN JUNE, 1946.