 f  Back to Roster... Captain William H. Harves, (1917 - ), was
born in Birmingham, Alabama on December 1, 1917. After graduation from West End High
School in 1936 he attend business college at Benjamin Franklin University in Washington,
D.C. before enlisting in the Army in February 1942. He remained an enlisted soldier and
retained the rank of Staff Sergeant until completion of Officer Candidate School in March
1943. He joined the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron in April of 1944 at Keesler Field,
Biloxie, Mississippi and prepared for deployment to the South Pacific. He was the only
advanced party to deploy ahead of the flight and ground echelons. While with the 2nd ERS
he performed duties as the Squadron Supply Officer. He remained with the Second Emergency
until after the war and redeployed Stateside in December 1945. Once there he joined the
Air Force Reserve and remained there until 1950. As a civilian Mr. Harves worked for a
medical supply service with the Veteran's Administration for 32 years when he retired on
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