World War II Honoree

Harve Steven Griffin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, FARRAGUT, IDAHO; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, (AVIATION RADIOMAN), NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; AND NAVAL BASE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN HAWAII; AT GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS; AND AT MIDWAY ISLAND IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC AREA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RATING OF AVIATION RADIOMAN THIRD CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.