World War II Honoree

John S. Harrison

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Eileen Harrison

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED IN U.S. ARMY JULY 1941. ATTENDED AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL IN KINGMAN, ARIZONA. SERVED WITH THE 452ND BOMB GROUP, 730TH BOMB SQUADRON AS ENGINEER AND TOP TURRET GUNNER ON A B-17 NAMED 'THE HIGH BLOWER'. FLEW 10 COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER WHILE STATIONED IN DEOPHAM GREEN, ENGLAND. MOST NOTABLE MISSION WAS APRIL 7,1945 OVER KALTENKIRCHEN. DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER OF 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AIR MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL.