World War II Honoree

Henry Day Fisher

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

West Chester, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A 1ST LIEUTENANT IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE FROM MARCH 1945 TO JUNE 1946 DURING WWII. HE USED HIS LANGUAGE SKILLS AS A TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER FOR GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR’S TECHNICAL SECTION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE WAS DECORATED WITH THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL OF JAPAN.