Harold Thomas Hastings

Captain, U. S. Army Air Force

Silver Star

GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 5th Air Force, General Orders No. 97 (May 21, 1943)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Air Corps) Harold T. Hastings (ASN: 0-395157), United States Army Air Forces, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Headquarters, 43d Bombardment Group (H), FIFTH Air Force, in action over Lae, New Guinea, on 7 January 1943.