World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Arthur Freeland
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Erie, Pennsylvania
Honored By
His Family
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY BEGINNING AT AGE 18 IN APRIL 1943 UNTIL DECEMBER 1945. HE WAS STATIONED IN MIAMI, ST. LOUIS, ALLIANCE, THE NAVAL BASE AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, WEST PALM BEACH, ENGLAND, ABBEYVILLE, FRANCE, NATAL, BRAZIL AND TRINIDAD. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE HOLLAND INVASION AND HE FLEW 22 SORTIES. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE THE INVASION OF GERMANY AT WESEL, GERMANY. HE WAS IN THE 40TH PLANE TO CROSS THE RHINE RIVER.