World War II Honoree

Raymond Melvin Babcock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chesterton, Indiana

Honored By

Leonard V. Babcock

Relationship

Brother

ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE IN 1942 AND RECEIVED TRAINING IN AIRCRAFT MECHANICS AT KEESLER FIELD IN BILOXI, MS AND BIGGS ARMY AIR BASE IN EL PASO, TEXAS. ASSIGNED TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER AND STATIONED IN INDIA AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUND CREW ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER. BOMBERS FROM THIS BASE ATTACKED JAPANESE POSITIONS IN CHINA. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN 1945.