World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Eugene Charles 'Gene' Baren
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 18 (1938). SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING ON GUAM ISLAND, A U.S. TERRITORY IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A B-29 'SUPERFORTRESS' VERY HEAVY BOMBER GROUP, THAT CARRIED OUT INTENSIVE ATTACKS AGAINST JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN TARGETS IN 1944-45. IN ADDITION, HIS GROUP DROPPED AERIAL MINES IN JAPANESE AND KOREAN WATERS TO HALT COASTAL SHIPPING. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.