World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Henry Offerman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kankakee, Illinois
Honored By
Lynne Byrd
Relationship
Daughter
INITIALLY DRAFTED INTO ARMY, INFANTRY. APPLIED TO AND WAS ACCEPTED IN AVIATION CADETS. AVIATION TRAINING AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE 1942, BECAME GUNNERY PILOT INSTRUCTOR AT HARLINGEN, TEXAS. SCHEDULED TO GO OVERSEAS AS B-29 PILOT WHEN THE WAR ENDED.