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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

Flight officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces with the Air Transport Command.

Flew the B-24 and C-54 at Tejgaon, India in the 1346th Army Air Force Base Unit, China-Burma-India Theater.

Flew the "hump" over the Himalayas, 750 hours during World War II, with the following awards:

150 hours - Air Medal with cluster
300 hours - Distinguished Flying Cross
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze campaign stars
Honorary pilot commission, Chinese Air Force
Distinguished Unit Citation

Service involved flying at night as well as by day, over impassable mountainous terrain, under extremely treacherous weather conditions with severe icing, where enemy attack was probably and expected.