World War II Honoree

William Feldmann

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

St. Louis, Missouri

Honored By

Mary Jean Feldmann

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY ON MARCH 7, 1943 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. BY NOVEMBER 1944, RE-ASSIGNED TO U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS AT MCCOOK, NEBRASKA AND TRAINED AS HEAVY-BOMBER REFUELER. LEFT FOR TINIAN ISLAND ON NOVEMBER 18, 1944. ASSIGNED TO 313TH WING, 9TH GROUP, 99TH SQUADRON. BEFORE AUGUST 6, 1945 WAS ASSIGNED TO REFUEL ENOLA GAY, BEFORE 1ST ATOMIC MISSION TO HIROSHIMA. LEFT TINIAN ON NOVEMBER 22, 1945 ABOARD LST 1085. LEFT PEARL HARBOR ABOARD LAST 'MAGIC CARPET' RUN OF USS WEST VIRGINIA, ARRIVING SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA ON DECEMBER 17, 1945. DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 30, 1945 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS AND HITCH-HIKED HOME.