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Pass Christian, MS Cargo & Rigging MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Allen, Avery; 86; BM 2nd Class, WWII Navy Pacific Pass Christian, MS Cargo & Rigging Anderson, V.A.; 83; Navy/ Air Saipan, Guam, Keesler, Pentagon, WWII Personnel TSGT Carnage of war on Saipan Gulfport, MS Force Kirkland AFB Albuquerque (after the war) A sightseeing trip to Normandy Beach and Barber, Earnest; 88; Cemetery. The guide was a veteran who was in the first group WWII Army Pvt European Theater that landed. He was hit and lost part of his face and the calf of his Slidell, LA left leg. He could point to the site on the bluf where he waited an hour for the medics. Barnette, Leonard; 86; WWII US navy 1st Class Motor South Pacific When he got out! Vancleave, MS Bigelow, Eugene; 85; WWII Army PFC Clerk,Typist Germany Home: Colome, South Dakota Hattiesburg, MS Bishop, Wyman; 88; WWII USMC Sgt. California, Hawaii, China My time in China Maben, MS Page 1 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Bodnar, Joseph; 89; European Theater 3rd Army 202 WWII Army E4 Combat Engineer, truck driver, water Petal, MS purification Brou, Claire; 85; My tour of duty as Officer in Charge Armed Forced Radio Ocean Springs, MS Navy/Air and Television Service in Keflavik Iceland where I KOREA Captain Served in Korean War (WITHDREW FROM Force interviewed Gergory Peck, Commandant of Marine Corps., FLIGHT) and other VIPs. Korean Conflict (1948-1952) Brummett, Audley; 90; Staff Sergeant 35th Division 137th Inf. Regt Acompany Hedgerows, France: Artillery Barrage lost friend when hit WWII Army Oxford, MS Infantry Normandy, Hedgerows by artillery. Blew me up in the air. Bullock, Milton; 82; Korean War Veteran; KOREA Army Army - Corporal Inchon, Korea - quarter master Pascagoula, MS Burchette, Clyde; 85; Army & Air Kansas, 40th, 91st, 301st bomb GPE WWII TSGT Gulfport, MS Force SAC B 29s Training at Ft. Benning, GA infantry basic. Signal Corps Training at Camp Pickett, Va; Cable Splicms School, Ft. Monmouth, NJ. Burnette, Marshall; 87; Army Signal Voyage overseas via USS Gen. LeRoy Eltinge; Service in WWII China, Burma, India Theater Meridian , MS Corps mountains of Burma along Ledo Road. Flight home for emergency furlough (mom in hospital and subsequent death) discharge at Camp Shelby, MS Page 2 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Byrd, J.T. WWII Gulfport, MS Ft Hanccok, NJ (Motor Pool Duty) Ciani, Leonard; 94; Ft Morgan, AL (ran motor pool) WWII Army Sgt Pearl harbor (gun mechanic) Daphne, AL South Pacific(on duty combat zone) Iwo Jima (combat duty) NO PHOTO Coker, Alvis; 86; WWII Navy USS Midas in South Pacific AVAILABLE Saltillo, MS Left San Francisco on a troop ship Coleman, Alvin; 85; Great Lakes, IL going to Shanghai to catch up with the WWII Navy Ackerman, MS U.S.S. Chicago U.S.S. Chicago. They played "Sentimental Journey" the entire trip. Cowart, Jesse; 88 Pacific onboard USS Dyson D.D. 572 Abandoning ship after bombed- floating in ocean in raft WWII Navy P.O. 3 (Little Beaver Squadron) 113th Seabee w/12 other seamen- myself and 4 other only survivors on Seminary, MS Battalion that raft. Crane, Granville; 87; WWII Navy MM 2/C USS Indianapolis Master at arms Gulfport, MS Page 3 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Master Sgt; Map Damewood, Robert; 92; Army and Air WWII maker & war Europe (Italy) Force Lucedale, MS planner STRP, ASTAP, Army of Damon, Gene; 87; Occupation/Germany WWII Army PFC Meridian, MS HQ - 3rd US Army, Heidelberg, Germany Dennis, Peter; 91; Army 56 WWII Driver, PFC Europe Enjoyed the countries and cities of Europe Ovett, MS Signal Corp Ernst, Loy; 87; WWII Army T3 Lwizon and Philippines Abita Springs, LA Fluke, Harold; 87; WWII Navy Seaman South Pacific Shore Patrol Ocean Springs, MS Fowler, Frank; 86; WWII Navy FCS 3C Pacific Metairie, LA Page 4 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH When I got on the truck gun turret to try to shoot down a German plane, meeting up (running into) with my my Gaddy, James; 89; Tank Ordinance/ T- WWII Army Europe/Germany/France brother (Ira) in Berlin, Germany (he was in another army 4 Long Beach, MS division), and seeing General Patton ride by in his jeep at "The Buldge" (Battle of the Buldge) Gibson, John; 85; Tankerman WWII Marine Pacific Entering into Tokyo Japan Gautier, MS Seaman Goff, John; WWII Pacagoula, MS Hamilton, Garland; 90; Coast Guard Ships Cook 3rd DE 2S2 Convoy to England, Ireland, The ship's Chief Petty, officer served the Captain at the WWII Long Beach, MS & Army Class Scotland, France, and North Africa loss of his own life. Hamilton, Hudson; 86; KOREA Army PFC Pascagoula, MS Korean Veteran Harrell, Charles; KOREA Army PFC Korean Veteran Moss Point, MS Page 5 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Hart, Ellis; 96; School Secretary- Greenville, MS, Malden, MO, Phillipine Lines of unescorted ships in Pacific enroute overseas. With WWII Air Force Madison, MS Captain Islands-Manila/Japan, Tokyo that much power, did not see how we could lose the war. Homestead AFB, 1st Mob Comm Group- I was at Korat AVB, Thailand during Vietnam War. We flew Herring, Felix; 71; E4- Air Traffic VIETNAM Air Force P.I. (Clarkfield) Kurat AFB, Thailand F1 Ojs out of Korat - S Controllers for 14 months, very busy Controller (Radar) Grenada , MS (Vietnam War) time Hildreth, Carl; 87; First night in Japan on guard duty. As I walked patrol the WWII Army T-4 Occupied Japan, Phillippines leaves would rustle. He says he spent most of the night Columbus, MS looking over his shoulder. Hudspeth, Willie; 89; WWII 31st Division Staff Sargent South Pacific Jackson, MS Jenner, Harold; 87; Army, Air B-17 Gunner/ CM 2nd Heavy Bomb Group, Italy, then a 20 B-17 Combat Missions in Germany from base in Italy, WWII Gulfport, MS Force SGT year Carrier in Startegic Air Command Survived 23 Missions Johnson, John; 91; Sonarman 1st WWII Navy Pacific- West of Hawaii Going to all of the islands west of Hawaii Gulfport, MS Class Page 6 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Comraades, the PT, I took care at Jilton General Ft Dix New Kapke, Josephine; 94; Womens Jersey. She treated prisoners of war when they returned WWII Nurse Tilton General Hospital Fort Dix NJ Natchez, MS Army Corp from overseas, including solidier on the bataan death march. Kidd, Charles; 87; WWII Army PFC Germany Battle of the Bulge New Albany, MS France, Germany, Austria, Czech, Crossing the North Atlantic in winter time with 50' waves. Kihneman, William; 89; Belgium; Rifleman 65th Infantry Attacked by German Submariners. Got a Bronze Star. Met the WWII Army SSGT Division; Patton's 3rd army 105 days Russians at Emms River in Austria. Recovered Klidesdale horses Shreveport, LA on front lines; Supply Sgt during Army in Chech. Met Eisenhower, Patton, Montgmoery, Brandley at Linz of occupation for one year Airport for transprt of Klidesdale horse to USA. Atlantic Cit- army Gernal hopstial Knausz, Doris; 90; Major, Halloran Gen Hopital, Scott AFB, WWII Army, AF Physcial Therapist Caring for WWII wounded in Army General Hozintols Biloxi, MS Wichita falls Texas, Germany Japan, Washington DC, Keesler AFB Shooting airplanes and viewing the prison camp. Lang, Ben; 88; PFC, 50 Calibur WWII Army Germany Sometimes it was 60 below so cold it would form ice on Machine Gunner Tylertown, MS your nose Radio man/ England- flew 35 missions on B-17s out of Bassingbourn Air Base, When I had to force land on B-17 "stinky" in Belgium after Lehmann, Rudolph; 88; US Army Air gunner on B-17 WWII England. 35th mission was also the last the number 2 engine was hit by "Flak" and the plane ran Corps achieved rank of Buna, TX bombing mission flown by 8th air force out of fuel technical Sgt. in WWII Page 7 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Logan Kenneth; 86; WWII US Navy Radioman Pacific Surviving a typhoon in the Pacifiic in June 1945 Helena,, AL WWII: USCG LST 169 Pacific - Masimore, Harvey; 88; Invasions of Kiska, Tarawa, Saipan, WWII no pic avail USCG Radioman, Bow Home: Des Moines, Iowa Diamondhead, MS Gun Captain; Leyte Recalled to Service in Korean - Massey, Nevella; 94; Army North Africa, Italy, Puerto Rico, WWII Dietitian, Capt. Meridian, MS Medical Dpt. Washington DC, Fort Rucker Moore, Paul; 85; At the training for Japan - called to tell all of us the bomb WWII Army I Four Germany, Austria Pascagoula, MS has been dropped - we were sent to Europe Murphy, Everette; 93; WWII Army Private First class Pacific Going home Pascagoula, MS Murphy, Robert; 85; WWII Army Tec SGT 3 Pacific & Japan Moss Point, MS Page 8 of 14 MS HONOR FLIGHT V WAR PHOTO Name, Age, Home SERVICE JOB/RANK WHERE SERVED MOST IMPORTANT MEMORY OF SERVICE BRANCH Necaise, Lawrence; 86; Visiting with George Patton. The opportunity to visit WWII Army Private 1st Class Germany France, Belgium, and Germany.
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