World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Carl S. Hirst
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Woodmere, New York
Honored By
Mrs. Carl Hirst
Relationship
Wife
He was in charge of a liquid oxygen and acetylene plant along the Ledo Road in Burma. Oxygen and acetylene were essential to the local army hospital and airforce base nearby. His unit was called in to help repel the Japanese attack at Myitkyina, for three years.