World War II Honoree

Frederick Carrick Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

Marcia W. Goodrich

Relationship

Daughter

HELPED SET UP THE WAR ROOM AT THE PENTAGON. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC UNDER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. NEW GUINEA. STORY I WAS TOLD IS THAT HE LANDED ON JAPAN AND HAD THE JAPANESE STACK THE ARMS AND GET READY FOR INSPECTION WHEN THE GENERALS CAME TO THE BASE ON JAPAN. WAS A LIEUTENANT AND PROCEEDED TO BE A MAJOR IN THE AIR FORCE.