World War II Honoree

B. T. Harter

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

South Orange, New Jersey

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. FROM JANUARY-MARCH, 1942, SERVED AS THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT THE PORT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. NEXT, ATTENDED THE NAVAL SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND GRADUATED IN JUNE, 1942. ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL AIR STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK FROM JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1942 WITH DUTIES AS ASSISTANT DISBURSING OFFICER. REASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOLS AT OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL COLLEGE (OAMC) IN STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA IN OCTOBER, 1942 WHERE HE JOINED THE DISBURSING STAFF. HE SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS HEAD OF THE SUPPLY AND DISBURSING OFFICE OF THE NAVAL SCHOOL (YEOMAN) AT OAMC IN 1943 UNTIL HIS REASSIGNMENT FOR A SPECIALIZED COURSE AT THE HARVARD INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN BOSTON IN SEPTEMBER, 1943. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.