World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Chase Jay Nielsen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hyrum, Utah
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND NAVIGATOR ON THE 6TH B-25 BOMBER THAT TOOK OFF FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET FOR THE DOOLITTLE RAID ON TOKYO, JAPAN APRIL 18, 1942. PRISONER OF WAR, JAPANESE, AFTER TOKYO RAID FROM APRIL 1942 UNTIL RELEASE IN AUGUST 1945. WAS ONLY TOKYO RAIDER WHO RETURNED TO TESTIFY AT JAPANESE WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND IS ONLY LIVING SURVIVOR OF HIS CREW. DECORATIONS INCLUDE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, PURPLE HEART WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER AND CHINESE BREAST ORDER OF PAO TING.