World War II Honoree

Harry J. Foster

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1942 AND WAS ASSIGNED AS THE SENIOR PERSONAL STENO-REPORTER FOR GENERAL MARSHALL, WHO WAS THEN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. HE WORKED IN WASHINGTON, RECORDING THE THOUGHTS OF THE MEN WHO WERE DIRECTING THE NATION'S EFFORT DURING THE WAR UNTIL 1943, WHEN THE ARMY REPLACED ALL MEN IN THE JOINT SECRETARIAT WITH WOMEN. FROM THEN UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR, HE SERVED WITH THE 110TH ARMY AIR FORCES UNIT IN MITCHELL FIELD, NEW YORK.