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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Harold L. Cottrell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Defiance, Ohio

Honored By

Defiance County Veterans Office

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Activity During WWII

SERVED WITH THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING THE WAR. ALSO TRAINED AS AN AVIATOR ON V-5 AND V-4. EARNED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL, THE ARMY-NAVY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL AND THE NAVY RESERVE 10 YEAR AND 20 YEAR MEDALS. PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST LANDING IN KOREA IN 1944. WORKED AS A RECORDER, ON THE JOINT ARMY-NAVY EXPERIMENTAL TESTING BOARD. SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE COLD WAR ERA AFTER WORLD WAR II HAD ENDED.