World War II Honoree

Henry J. Ramey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Huntington, West Virginia

Honored By

Jonna Ramey

Relationship

Daughter

He entered the service in 1943 as an aviation cadet. He was trained to be a Navigator for the Army Air Forces and was stationed in Guam and Okinawa. He flew with the 20th Air Force, 497th Bomb Group and the 869th Bomb Squadron in the B-29 aircraft; A square 12 (Hot Pants) and A square 15 (Agony Wagon). He had completed two combat missions when the war ended. He flew several Prisoner of War supply missions to prison camps in Japan.