World War II Honoree

Raymond Harold Wakeland

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

St. Louis, Missouri

Honored By

Mimi Wakeland Chandler

Relationship

Daughter

B-25 PILOT WITH 10TH AIR FORCE, 341ST GROUP, 490TH SQUADRON IN CHINA-BURMA-INDONESIA THEATER DECEMBER 1944 TO SEPTEMBER 1945. THE 490TH WAS KNOWN AS THE 'BURMA BRIDGE BUSTERS'. HONOREE RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.