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Marine Capt Harold Hagans (Harry).
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Contact Info
Home Town Fort Wayne
Last Address Bastrop, TX
Date of Passing May 13, 1954
Location of Interment Covington Memorial Gardens Cemetery - Ft Wayne, Indiana
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Captain Harold (Harry) F. Hagans: Enlisted in the Marine Corps in September 1942. After boot camp in San Diego, Calif., he applied for Aviation Machinist Mate School and graduated in May 1943. On January 1944 he entered Navy Pre-Flight School at Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sergeant Hagans received his Wings at Corpus Christi, Texas on September 19, 1945. On January 8, 1946, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served as a forward Air Controller with the 1st Marine Division in Korea from March to September 1951. From December 1951 to September 1952, he trained for jet airplanes with VMF 232, MAG 15, El Toro, Calif. He served with VMF 311, MAG 33, 1st MAW in Korea from February to July 1953 and with MAG 33, 1st MAW, Korea from August to December 1953.
Other Comments:
Captain Hagans died on May 13, 1954, while participating in a special assignment to promote compatibility between the services at the 27 Strategic Fighter Wing, Bergstom AFB, Texas. The day before his death, Captain Hagans asked the base chaplain to his house and led his family in a service praising God.
Korean War/Third Korean Winter (1952-53)
From Month/Year
December / 1952
To Month/Year
April / 1953
Description Third Korean Winter, 1 December 1952 - 30 April 1953. Meanwhile the armistice talks had stalled. Discord over several issues, but principally the exchange of prisoners of war, had prevented any agreement in the latter part of 1951. This disagreement was heightened in January 1952. The U.N. delegates proposed to give captives a choice of repatriation, so that those who did not wish to return to Communist control could be repatriated elsewhere. The enemy delegates protested vigorously, insisting that all captives held by the Eighth Army be returned to their side. When the enemy failed to respond to U.N. efforts to settle the question, the U.N. delegation on 7 October called an indefinite recess in the armistice negotiations. Both military operations and armistice talks remained stalemated and, as the year 1952 ended, peace prospects seemed as remote as at its beginning.