World War II Honoree

Harry J. Coleman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Irvington, New Jersey

Honored By

A Grateful American

JOINED THE AIR FORCE AS AN AVIATION CADET, HAD PILOT TRAINING AND GRADUATED FROM NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOL. APPOINTED A FIRST LIEUTENANT NAVIGATOR ON A B-24 BOMBER AND FLEW WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE DIVISION OUT OF ENGLAND. HE HAD THIRTY MISSIONS OVER GERMANY INCLUDING RAIDS ON BERLIN, A LOW LEVEL RAID WHEN ALLIED TROOPS CROSSED THE RHINE, AND HE FLEW IN SUPPORT OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 4 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH BATTLE STARS.