World War II Honoree

Andrew D. Hamilton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Aucilla, Florida

Honored By

K. A. Hamilton

Relationship

Child

DURING WWII SERVED IN THE CARIBBEAN, FIRST AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN PUERTO RICO, THEN AS A GUNNER, OBSERVER AND FINALLY WITH THE 'HURRICANE HUNTERS'. WHEN THE WAR ENDED, HE WAS STATIONED IN CHARLESTON AS A FLIGHT MECHANIC, WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, HELEN E. HUNTER, WHO WAS ALSO SERVING THERE WITH THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS (WAC).