World War II Honoree

Melvin H. Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brookline, Massachusetts

Honored By

Joseph B. Dutra

Relationship

Veteran of Foreign Wars

SERVED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT WITH THE 406TH BOMB SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. THIS WAS A SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, THE AIR ARM OF THE U.S. OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES, WAGING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE AGAINST GERMANY. IT FLEW LEAFLET DROPPING MISSIONS AT NIGHT TO TARGETS IN EUROPE TO UNDERMINE ENEMY MORALE AND BOOST THE MORALE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.