World War II Honoree

Ewell Theodore Wade

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Roanoke, Virginia

Honored By

Doris L. Wade

Relationship

Spouse

HE WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY SHORTLY AFTER PEARL HARBOR WITH DUTY STATION, BOLLING FIELD, WASHINGTON, DC. HE WAS REASSIGNED TO BRADLEY FIELD, CONNECTICUT IN JANUARY 1943 WITH A TOUR OF DUTY AT CHURCHILL, CANADA WITH THE 1ST PHOTO MAPPING SQUADRON. HE SERVED 10 MONTHS IN ORAN, NORTH AFRICA AND WAS NEXT ASSIGNED TO SMOKY HILL ARMY AIR FIELD, KANSAS AND ON TO CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO IN MARCH 1945. HE LAST SERVED AT ORLANDO, FLORIDA FROM JULY 1945 UNTIL HIS RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN OCTOBER 1945.