World War II Honoree

Herbert L. Greer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Spokane, Washington

Honored By

Ron Greer

Relationship

Son

BASED AT GUAM. FLEW 28 MISSIONS OVER JAPAN ON B-29 'CITY OF MONROE'. RECEIVED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND NUMEROUS AIR MEDALS FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1945. 'YET FROM THOSE OF OUR NUMBER WHO FLY NO MORE, WE MUST ACCEPT A TRUST.....THE TRUST OF MEN WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES IN ORDER THAT THERE MAY BE A FREE LIFE FOR OTHERS.....AND SHOULD WE IN THE FUTURE TREAT LIGHTLY THE FOUNDATIONS OF THAT FREE LIFE, WE WILL HAVE BETRAYED THESE MEN TO WHOM, FOR ALL TIME, MUST WE BE INDEBTED'.