World War II Honoree

Edward Emmitt Hagan

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

G. Holman King

MAY, 1939 GRADUATE OF TEXAS A&M ROTC PROGRAM WITH DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. RECEIVED COMMISSION IN CHEMICAL WARFARE SHORTLY AFTER 21ST BIRTHDAY IN APRIL, 1940. CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN SIGNAL CORPS ON 28 JANUARY 1942. WENT DIRECTLY TO 3 MONTH ELECTRONICS COURSE AT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HARVARD, UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS AND THEN TO THREE MONTH COURSE IN RADAR AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALSO IN CAMBRIDGE. ASSIGNED TO 505TH SIGNAL AIR WARNING REGIMENT AT DREW FIELD, TAMPA, FLORIDA. 30 DECEMBER 1942 ASSIGNED TO ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR SCHOOL AT CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA FOR THREE MONTHS TRAINING ON BRITISH RADAR EQUIPMENT. RETURNED TO DREW AIR FORCE BASE AND THEN TO KEARNS AIR FORCE BASE, SALT LAKE, UTAH REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER IN PREPARATION FOR OVERSEAS SHIPMENT. 15 JULY 1943 ASSIGNED TO 621ST AIR WARNING COMPANY, 11TH AIR FORCE, FT. RICHARDSON NEAR ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. (APO 942). 25 SEPTEMBER 1943 ASSIGNED TO FT. RAYMOND NEAR SEWARD, ALASKA AS DETACHMENT COMMANDER FOR RADAR STATIONS ON MONTAGUE ISLAND AND OUTER ISLAND BECAME PLATOON COMMANDER. MOVED PLATOON AND RADAR STATION FROM OUTER ISLAND TO TIGALDA IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AS PART OF 736TH AIR WARNING COMPANY FOR DEFENSE OF UNIMAC PASSAGE AND DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA. 1 DECEMBER, 1944 PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN AND TRANSFERRED TO COMMAND OF 762ND AIR WARNING SQUADRON ON KISKA, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA. 1 MAY, 1945 TRANSFERRED TO ATTU ISLAND AS S-3 OF HEADQUARTERS TO PLAN RADAR STATIONS IN KURILE ISLANDS AS PART OF INVASION OF JAPAN. SERVED OVERSEAS IN ALASKA/ALEUTIAN THEATER 32 MONTHS. SEPARATED AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON 18 APRIL 1946 AT RANK OF CAPTAIN. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON.