World War II Honoree

Francis Ward Morgan

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wyoming, Michigan

Honored By

Marjorie Morgan

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 23, 1943 AT KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING, ATTENDED 16 WEEK COURSE IN FIRST AND SECOND ECHELON AIRPLANE MECHANICS AT AMARILLO FIELD, TEXAS. NEXT WAS A 7 WEEK COURSE IN SECOND AND THIRD ECHELON INSTRUMENT MECHANICS AT CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS. ALSO ATTENDED SPECIAL 5 WEEK TRAINING COURSE AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THESE COURSES, HE WAS QUALIFIED AS AN AIRPLANE INSTRUMENT MECHANIC, MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY 686. DUTIES WERE TO PERFORM CRITICAL MAINTENANCE OF ALL AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS, EXAMINING, ADJUSTING AND REPAIRING THEM AS NEEDED. DEPARTED THE U.S. SEPTEMBER 26, 1944 AND ON NOVEMBER 7, 1944, JOINED THE 2ND COMBAT CARGO SQUADRON, 1ST COMBAT CARGO GROUP, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE CHINA OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN CHINA-BURMA-INDIA, KUNMING, CENTRAL BURMA AND INDIA, TRANSPORTING FUEL, AMMUNITIONS AND OTHER MILITARY SUPPLIES TO TROOPS RESISTING THE JAPANESE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED JANUARY 8, 1946 AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH 4 BATTLE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.