World War II Honoree

Delbert L. Farrow

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1940, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENTERED THE WAR. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT BENNING AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA; FORT SAM HOUSTON AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS; CAMP ROBERTS AT SAN MIGUEL, CALIFORNIA; FORT HUACHUCA AT TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA; CAMP BRADFORD AT THE NAVAL OPERATING BASE AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; THE MILITARY RESERVATION AT A.P. HILL AT FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA; AND CAMP PICKETT AT BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN PANAMA IN THE AMERICAN THEATER; AND IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN NEW GUINEA, AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.