World War II Honoree

Jerold Zane Cooley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

St. Clair, Michigan

Honored By

Mr. Jack W. Cooley Lown

Relationship

Brother

ENLISTED IN 1943. TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN ST. PETERSBURG BEACH, FLORIDA; MECHANICS SCHOOL IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI AND GUNNERY SCHOOL IN KINGMAN, ARIZONA. POSTED TO ITALY IN 1944 WITH 15TH AIR FORCE, 464TH BOMB GROUP, WHERE HE SERVED AT BARI AND LATER AT CANOSA. PARTICIPATED IN CAMPAIGNS OF ROME-ARNO, NORTH APENNINES, SOUTHERN FRANCE, NORTHERN FRANCE, PO VALLEY, RHINELAND AND AIR COMBAT BALKANS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH SEVEN BATTLE STARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION. CORPORAL.