World War II Honoree

Hazel Irene Birdsall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waterbury, Connecticut

Honored By

Ms. Carol D. Olsen

Relationship

Daughter

Served as Secretary to the Commanding Officer, Intelligence Department, 311th Reconnaissance Wing. Basic Training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Assigned to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Detachment, 311th Photo Wing, stationed at Buckley Field, Colorado. Later transferred to MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. Discharged from Oliver General Hospital, Augusta, Georgia October 8, 1946. Received a service-related injury to her spine.