World War II Honoree

Clyde V. Behrens

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Glencoe, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE AAF BASIC TRAINING CENTER NO.7 AT ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY; AND DREW FIELD, AT TAMPA, FLORIDA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, INCLUDING IN AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, DURING THE WAR. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.