World War II Honoree

Wendell Lindley White

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oxnard, California

Honored By

Richard E. Manzer

FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS SELECTED FOR PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES. SINCE IT WAS LATE IN THE WAR, THE ARMY HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH FLIGHT CANDIDATES AND QUALIFIED PILOTS SO THEY CLOSED HIS FLIGHT SCHOOL. HE WAS TRAINED TO BE A COOK AND WAS SENT TO THE ISLAND OF OAHU. HE WAS THERE WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED.