World War II Honoree

Harold A. Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Washington, Illinois

Honored By

Noah C. Hickman

Relationship

Friend

SERVED FROM MAY 1941 TO OCTOBER 1945 AS A 4E PILOT ON A B-24J AIRCRAFT. WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 454TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 737TH SQUADRON. TRAINING: 93RD COAST ARTILLERY ANTI-AIRCRAFT, ARMY AIR FORCES PILOT TRAINING, ARMY ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL IN YUMA, ARIZONA. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORMANDY, AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE, AIR COMBAT BALKANS, PLOESTI, RUMANIA. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL GO 381, FIVE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, ONE SILVER OAK LEAF CLUSTER GO 2029, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS GO 3381, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE GO 3604, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH ONE BATTLE STAR. COMPLETED 50 MISSIONS, MOSTLY IN THE B-24 LIBERATOR HE NAMED 'GENIE.' DECEASED ON JULY 15, 1993.