World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Dewitt Talmadge Hartwell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
District Of Columbia
Honored By
PL
ENLISTED ON FEBRUARY 3, 1943 AT 18 AND SERVED IN THE MIGHTY 8TH AIR FORCE. TRAINED AT HARLINGEN AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL IN TEXAS. ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ON JULY 31,1944 AND BASE AT VALLEY ARMY AIR FIELD NEAR BURTON, ENGLAND. COMBAT MISSIONS OVER GERMANY AND FRANCE. A B-24 BOMBER NAVIGATOR WHO SURVIVED 28 MISSIONS OVER EUROPE. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER AND THE AIR MEDAL. DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1945 AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT.