World War II Honoree

Augustus N. Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP BARKELEY AT ABILENE, TEXAS; THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES (UCLA); AND FORT MONMOUTH AT RED BANK, NEW JERSEY. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN IRELAND, AND ON THE ISLE OF HARRIS IN SCOTLAND, IN FRANCE, AND GERMANY, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.