World War II Honoree

Weston Winfred Hicks

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

AFTER GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE WENT TO AIRCRAFT SCHOOL IN WICHITA, KANSAS. HE THEN WENT TO CALIFORNIA TO WORK FOR NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AND SERVED OVERSEAS AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. HE WAS STATIONED IN TOKYO, JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES AND SERVED AS A GUARD FOR GENERAL MACARTHUR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.