World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Fletcher Parks
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Greenville, South Carolina
Honored By
Nancy Parks
Relationship
Daughter
HE WAS A FIGHTER PILOT TRAINED IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA AND BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. STATIONED FIRST IN ENGLAND AND THEN ON AN UNNAMED BASE IN GERMANY. HE WAS SHOT DOWN IN BELGIUM, WAS HIDDEN BY A FAMILY (WHICH HE WENT BACK TO VISIT IN 1970), SURVIVED AND CONTINUED MISSIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.