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Article: John L. Hawley Army Noncommi ...
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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John L. Hawley, 79, a career noncommissioned officer in the Army,
died of respiratory failure July 28 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in
Fairfax.
Mr. Hawley, a native of Pomeroy, Ohio, enlisted in the Navy in
1943 and flew B-17, B-24 and B-29 aircraft in the Pacific theater.
His aerial reconnaissance photography over heavily defended enemy
territory prepared troops for the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa,
Japan. The work earned him a Distinguished Flying Cross.
After World War II, he worked as a plant supervisor in a Chrysler
Airtemp plant in Dayton, Ohio, for several years and then reenlisted
in the military. He joined the Army and saw tours of duty in Japan,
France, Belgium, Korea and ...