World War II Honoree

John J. Moore

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Elizabethten, Tennessee

Honored By

Charles R. Pitzer

Relationship

Comrade

TRAINED AS A NAVIGATOR AT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE TRAINING FOR HEALTH REASONS. SENT TO RENO AIR FORCE BASE FOR FLIGHT RADIO TRAINING, WAS THEN SENT TO THE 1304TH AIR FORCE BASE AT BARRACKPORE, INDIA AND FLEW AS A FLIGHT RADIO OPERATOR FLYING SUPPLIES OVER THE HUMP INTO NATIONALIST CHINA. SERVED THERE UNTIL THE WAR ENDED.