World War II Honoree

Joseph A. Friday

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

Paul Friday

Relationship

Son

PILOT, U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES. INSTRUCTED ROYAL AIR FORCE AND CANADIAN PILOT CADETS FOR ATLANTIC THEATER COMBAT MISSIONS AT ALBANY, GEORGIA 1942-1943. FLEW B-25 AND C-47 AIRCRAFT IN CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER IN 1944. HELPED ESTABLISH B-29 BOMBER BASES IN CHINA AND FLEW COMBAT SUPPORT MISSIONS INTO BURMA. FLEW C-54 AIRCRAFT IN PACIFIC THEATER IN 1945, EVACUATED WOUNDED AND STAGING TROOPS FOR THE INTENDED INVASION OF JAPAN. EVACUATED ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR FROM MAINLAND JAPAN AFTER SURRENDER. DECEASED 1957.