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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Blenford Chadwick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Orlando, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

COMPLETED BOMBER PILOT TRAINING AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS AND COMMISSIONED A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN EARLY 1944. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A B-24 'LIBERATOR' BOMBER PILOT. FLEW 23 COMBAT MISSIONS, AND OBSERVED THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN ON AUGUST 6, 1945. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF 1ST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.