Hugh Payne

Born: 28 Nov 1925
Enlistment date: January 1944
Deployments: Europe
Units: 569th Automatic Weapons Battery Mobile 7th Army
Rank: Tech 5
Specializations: Intelligence, Recognizance (S2-1.145 Cav.)
Qualifications: Expert – Rifle, Carbine and Pistol
Decorations: World War II Victory Medal, EMEA Campaign Medal with 3 Bronze Stars, Distinguished Unit Citation, Army of Occupation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, National Defense, National Guard Service Ribbon, World War II Ribbon.
Discharge Date: 19 May 1946

Other Information: Following his service during World War II, Hugh also spent 16 years in the National Guard, rising to the rank of Captain in the45th Division of the Oklahoma National Guard. Putting his military career behind him, Hugh has taken up battle with the pen, where he has excelled as a writer. He also is a landscape architect and graduate of Oklahoma State University.