World War II Honoree

Woodrow Wilson Hartsock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Gary, West Virginia

Honored By

Robbi Hartsock, J. Micheal Zeigler, Mr. & Mrs. Ervin Rich & Nancy Trenton

Relationship

Neice and Friends

ASSIGNED TO ORDNANCE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1942 WAS TRANSFERRED TO AIR FORCE AND ENTERED AVIATION CADET SCHOOL. COMMISSIONED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT ASSIGNED TO P 96TH SQUADRON, 2ND BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 15TH AIR FORCE IN EUROPE BASED AT FOGGIA, ITALY. FLEW 50 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER EUROPE IN A B-17. RETURNED TO THE STATES IN JULY OF 1944. TRAINED AVIATION CADETS AS BOMBARDIERS UNTIL THE END OF THE HOSTILITIES.