World War II Honoree

James Gordon Pettit

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

West Hartford, Connecticut

Honored By

Children

COMMISSIONED IN THE SIGNAL CORPS AND THEN WENT ON TO PILOT TRAINING AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER. HE BECAME A FLYING INSTRUCTOR AND WAS STATIONED IN WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS; BLYTHVILLE, ARKANSAS; VALDOSTA, GEORGIA; DOTHAN, ALABAMA AND JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. HE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON GENERAL CASEY VINCENT'S STAFF. BASIC TRAINING AT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY.