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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Herschel Glenn, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cambridge, Ohio

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Activity During WWII

SERVED AS A MARINE FIGHTER PILOT. CAPTAIN. FLEW 59 MISSIONS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS CAMPAIGN IN 1944. EARNED 2 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES AND 10 AIR MEDALS AS A PILOT IN MARINE FIGHTER SQUADRON 155, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 31, 4TH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN FEBRUARY 1945. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 9TH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION AT CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS) AT PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND.