World War II Honoree

LeRoy A. Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Port Arthur, Texas

Honored By

Merrill, Sandi & Phil

Relationship

Wife, Daughter & Son

SERGEANT. ENLISTED NOVEMBER 1941, AS AN (ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH ENLISTEE) WITH THE 2ND BOMB GROUP, LANGLEY FIELD, VIRGINIA. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 18TH ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON IN CUBA. IN 1943, HE WAS SENT TO PACIFIC AND ASSIGNED TO THE 7TH AIR FORCE, 820TH BOMB SQUADRON. BECAME A B-25 AERIAL GUNNER. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL. SEVERELY WOUNDED WHEN A JAPANESE FIGHTER RIDDLED HIS B-25 WITH ENEMY FIRE. SOME OF THE ROUNDS EXPLODED IN HIS AMMUNITION FEED BOX FOR HIS MACHINE GUNS. RECOVERED FROM HIS WOUNDS AND RETURNED TO HIS SQUADRON TO FINISH HIS TOUR. ROTATED BACK TO THE U.S. IN MAY 1945 AFTER ATTAINING THE REQUIRED POINTS, (BOMBING MISSIONS COMPLETED).