World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clyde Hensley Hestand
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Wagoner, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT JACKSON ARMY AIR BASE, MISSISSIPPI; KEY FIELD AT MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI; COLUMBIA ARMY AIR BASE, SOUTH CAROLINA; TAMPA, FLORIDA; AND MYRTLE BEACH ARMY AIR FIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, AND FRANCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). INJURED IN LEON, FRANCE IN 1944. AWARDED THE 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 SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.