World War II Honoree

William Thomas Bain

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Evansville, Indiana

Honored By

Pauline Maynigo

Relationship

Daughter

HE ENLISTED IN DECEMBER 1940 AND PROCEEDED TO TEXAS, WHERE HIS AIR DEPOT GROUP LEFT FOR CHINA-BURMA-INDIA AREA. THEY REPLACED THE FLYING TIGERS WHEN THEY WERE IN CHINA. WHILE IN CHINA IN 1943, THE BASE WAS BOMBED AND INJURIES SUSTAINED. HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART. IN 1946, HE WAS SENT TO JAPAN TO ASSIST IN THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION AND SERVED THE FROM 1946 TO 1954 IN JAPAN.