World War II Honoree

Muriel Freeman Overstreet

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cowlington, Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENTERED THE WAR. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR. HE WAS A PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR, WHO WAS PRESENT ON THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF OAHU, ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, 1941, WHEN THE JAPANESE CONDUCTED A SURPRISE AIR AND SUBMARINE ATTACK AGAINST AMERICAN NAVAL SHIPS, AND MILITARY FACILITIES AND AIRFIELDS. THE ATTACK KILLED SOME 2,403 PEOPLE, AND WOUNDED 1,104 OTHERS. IT CRIPPLED THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AND DESTROYED 75% OF THE AIRCRAFT ON AIRFIELDS ON OAHU. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH 'FOREIGN SERVICE' CLASP, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.