1925-2020
Sergeant Horace H. "Ace" Haston's Service
Rank and Branch of Military
Sergeant and a Crew Chief in the United States Army Air Corps
Years of Service
1943-1946
Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service
Training at Mountain Home, Idaho Army Air Field, combat Crew Training Station (heavy); Aerial Gunner, Clark Field in the Philippines.
Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles
China Offensive, New Guinea, Western Pacific, Air Combat Borneo
Awards, Decorations, Badges, etc.
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon, 2 Overseas Service Bars
Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family
Descendant of Daniel’s son, David Haston
He was a student at Central High School in Chattanooga, TN when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened. He told me, "Everybody was so patriotic, and were all so mad." In 1944 he joined the Army Air Force. He was 17 years old. He was the gunner in the bottom turret in a B-24. A dangerous place to be during missions. They were flying over India and Southern China. "They told us we had to do twelve missions. We'd already done two. We had to do ten more," Mr. Haston said. "They would be at treetop level, and we would search and destroy anything that moved." He was the youngest man on the crew and he was the last survivor. He passed away on August 15th, 2020. He was 94 years old.
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