World War II Honoree

Tommy Lee Harbour

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Milton, West Virginia

Honored By

U.S. Coast Guard Friends

MOTOR MACHINIST SECOND CLASS. SERVED FROM 1943 TO 1946 PRIMARILY ABOARD THE USS BAYFIELD APA-33. OPERATED LANDING CRAFT ON D-DAY AT NORMANDY, FRANCE AT BOTH UTAH AND OMAHA BEACHES AND LATER DURING THE OFFENSIVE ON CHERBOURG HARBOR, FRANCE AND THEN AGAIN IN OPERATION DRAGOON AND THE DRIVE UP SOUTHERN FRANCE FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. SAILED TO THE PACIFIC AND AGAIN OPERATED LANDING DRAFT FOR THE INVASIONS OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. EARNED FOUR BRONZE STARS FOR HEROISM IN COMBAT, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL WITH 3 CAMPAIGN STARS, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH 2 CAMPAIGN STARS AS WELL AS THE COAST GUARD GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE 'RUPTURED DUCK' LAPEL PIN FOR HONORABLE SERVICE.