World War II Honoree

Mac Glenn Morris

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Gastonia, North Carolina

Honored By

Janelle, Steve, Janie, Pat & John

Relationship

Family

ENLISTED IN NAVAL AIR PROGRAM 1942 WHILE A SENIOR AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA. COMMISSIONED A MARINE 2ND LIEUTENANT 1943 AFTER FLIGHT TRAINING AT PENSACOLA. COMPLETED PRECISION DIVE BOMBING TRAINING AT OPALOCKA NAVAL AIR STATION IN FLORIDA. TRAINED ON SCOUT BOMBERS BY DOUGLAS AT EL TORO MARINE BASE IN CALIFORNIA. ARRIVED 1944 IN BOUGAINVILLE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, LUZON AND MINDANAO IN THE PHILIPPINES. EARNED 7 AIR MEDALS AND 2 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES. HAD 52 AERIAL FLIGHTS IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY JAPANESE FORCES, IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING 1945.