World War II Honoree

Famus J. Hagle

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Blackburn, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT KNOX AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY; AND CAMP CAMPBELL AT HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) DURING THE CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.