World War II Honoree

Myron D. Green

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

West Mansfield, Ohio

Honored By

Dorothy E. Betty Green

Relationship

Spouse

AIRCRAFT CREW CHIEF AND FLIGHT ENGINEER IN THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. ENGINEER ON FLIGHT CREW THAT BROUGHT GERMAN ROCKET EXPERT, WERNER VON BRAUN AND LASER SCIENTIST WALTER LUDWIG KNECHT, TO THE U.S. IN SPRING OF 1945. WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. MADE 24 CROSSINGS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLYING INTO ENGLAND, FRANCE, ACROSS NORTH AFRICA AND INTO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER, STOPPING AT KARACHI. TWO CROSSINGS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AFTER FLYING TO BRAZIL FOR A JUMPING OFF POINT AT NATAL.