World War II Honoree

Harold Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

A MEMBER OF THE SKIDI BAND OF THE PAWNEE INDIAN NATION OF OKLAHOMA, HE ENLISTED AND ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN FEBRUARY, 1943. ASSIGNED TO THE MARINE CORPS AIR DIVISION IN MARCH, 1943 AND TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AS AN AVIATION MECHANIC, INCLUDING IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION EWA ON OAHU, HAWAII, WHICH WAS THE HUB FOR ALL MARINE AVIATION UNITS GOING INTO COMBAT IN THE PACIFIC; KWAJALEIN ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS; SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS WITH A TRANSPORT SQUADRON; IWO JIMA IN THE BONIN ISLANDS, WHERE HIS SQUADRON FLEW SUPPLIES TO THE FRONT LINES, AND EVACUATED WOUNDED PERSONNEL; OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS; AND GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND SERVED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA UNTIL DISCHARGED. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 25, 1945 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.