World War II Honoree

Earl Lee Farrow

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP MAXEY AT PARIS, TEXAS; FORT LEONARD WOOD AT ROLLA, MISSOURI; CAMP POLK AT LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA; FORT GEORGE G. MEADE AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; AND CAMP SHANKS AT ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, AND GERMANY, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). FOUGHT IN THE FOGGY COLD AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING OPERATIONS IN THE DENSE HURTGEN FOREST IN THE FALL OF 1944. U.S. FORCES EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HIGHEST CASUALTY RATES OF THE WAR IN THE HURTGEN DUE TO ENEMY ARTILLERY 'TREEBURSTS.' AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.