World War II Honoree

Wendell E. Harshbarger, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Skedee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. TRAINED AND SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; THE NAVAL ADVANCE BASE PERSONNEL DEPOT AT SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA; CUBA; AND PUERTO RICO. TRAINED AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII; KWAJALEIN ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS; TRUK IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS; AND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THEN SERVED IN CHINA AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RATING OF COXSWAIN AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.