World War II Honoree

F. Hayden Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Spokane, Washington

Honored By

An Indebted American

ENLISTED AND BEGAN SERVING AS A LIEUTENANT. FROM 1941 TO 1942 WAS ON MIDWAY ISLAND WITH THE PACIFIC NAVAL AIR BASE CONTRACTORS BUILDING RUNWAYS, SEAPLANE, AND A SUBMARINE BASE. SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER NAVAL AIR TRANSPORT PACIFIC AND AS AN AIR OPERATIONS OFFICER IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC, THE MARIANA ISLANDS, AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN WITH THE PRIMARY MISSION OF AIR EVACUATING OUR PRISONERS OF WAR. DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN 1946 AS A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE.