World War II Honoree

Hazel Lorene Cluck Mills

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Middleburg, Grady County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED AS AN AIR WAC, STATIONED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER IN CALIFORNIA DURING THE WAR, WITH DUTIES WORKING AN AVIATION PLOTTING BOARD. AIR WACS WERE MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS (WAC), SERVING WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCES, AND COMPRISED ALMOST ONE-HALF OF ALL THE ARMY’S WAC PERSONNEL. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.