World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Weldon Odell Cronkite
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Long Beach, California
Honored By
Virginia Helen Cronkite
Relationship
Wife
CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES, 8TH AIR FORCE, 458TH BOMB GROUP, 753RD BOMB SQUADRON. B-24 CO-PILOT ON THE AZON BOMB PROJECT; PILOT ON 35 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER GERMANY AND GERMAN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, THE AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, 1 OVERSEAS BAR.